Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation
1140 North Allumbaugh Street, Boise ID 83704 · (208) 854-8500 · 67.58% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home located in Boise, Idaho. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a well below average nursing home. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 12 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category grades. We discuss nursing in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we didn't give this nursing home a good overall score, we actually gave it a strong grade in the area of nursing, where it earned a grade of B. Nursing ratings are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This nursing home fared well in some of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented with better nursing care.
Facility Inspections
Shockingly, this facility actually earned a good grade in inspections as well. In fact, we gave it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Not many nursing homes that were this poor overall received multiple category grades of this caliber. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid nursing homes that had too many deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed was short-term care, where this facility received a B- in this area. Short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. It performed decently in this area, with 46.5 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we scored was long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a bottom of the barrel score. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.62963 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.91 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents that had a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression could imply worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
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.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better