Town Center Village
8607 Se Causey Avenue, Happy Valley OR 97086 · (503) 654-4500 · 65.88% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Feb 1, 2019 · By Sara Levinsohn
Town Center Village is a small nursing home located in Happy Valley, Oregon. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road grade. Based on our analysis, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its stellar short-term care grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 51 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the area of short-term care, with an A+ in this area. This really boosted its overall score. Our short-term care grades are probably most important for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Remarkably, this nursing home provides about 50% more services from physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is a very favorable sign. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy staffing, we found that it fared as well as just about any facility in the nation with 59.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing care, with an impressive grade of A in this category. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 6.7 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Roughly a quarter of that care was provided by registered nurses, which are among the most highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics easily exceed the national average. Lastly, we also factored some quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This place was relatively weak in two of the datapoints we assess, with below average percentages for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second lowest category is long-term care, where it earned just a D in that area. This is a relatively poor score. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is better than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Facility Inspections
Moving on our last category of inspections, this nursing home received an F in this area. This score was detrimental to this facility's overall score. When a nursing home has this poor of an inspection grade, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This particular nursing home had 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 9 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Town Center Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Frequency Of ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of long-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
ER visits per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better