Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation is one of 10 nursing homes in Boise, Idaho. Featuring an overall grade of C, this is a middle of the pack nursing home. As far as we can see, this nursing home should be a good fit for quite a few people. This facility didn't fare well in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. More information about these categories is available below.
Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
1140 North Allumbaugh Street,
Boise ID 83704
60.91% estimated occupancy 1
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received favorable marks in the area of long-term care this year. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. This ended up being the facility's best grade and helped its profile quite a bit. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.55556 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia can be a life or death condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't leave this to chance. This facility was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.05 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially better hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This facility actually earned a solid inspection report this year as well, with few major dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better scores in that category with a B-. We were surprised this nursing home earned multiple category grades of this caliber. We believe that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. There are several subcategories included in this category. Most of the datapoints reflect staffing levels. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also weighed some quality-based assessments. This place scored well in some of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed was short-term care, which was a low point for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a grade of just D for short-term care. In crafting our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, we discovered that this place provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 41.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 5.74% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents which suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.05% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 2.2% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 18.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 16.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 7.63% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing symptoms of depression. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 90.15% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 13.51% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 19.49% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 0.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 19.49 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 12.16 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, 75.42% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Boise, ID
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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