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Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1002 Forest Drive,
Riverton WY 82501

(307) 856-9471

71.23% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness is a senior living facility in Riverton, Wyoming. This city has a total of 19,408 people. This nursing home was given a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a subpar score. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Riverton. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

While we did not have many positive things to say about this facility's overall grade, it did receive a respectable government inspection report this year. It received a decent score in that category with a B-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Nurse Quality

We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. There are a variety of datapoints within this grade. Many of these datapoints reflect nurse staffing. This place provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a somewhat concerning figure as it is well below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care provided.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home's next best area is short-term care. We gave it a B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. Our short-term care grades are considered to be most meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

The last area we rated is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is not a bad grade in this area. Long-term care grades focus on a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the skilled therapy or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 94.090904 percent of its patients. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 7.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 6.82% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 8.29% of Patients had UTIs

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients that had UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 21.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 14.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 0.95% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 91.93% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 17.14% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 16.03% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 16.03% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 11.41% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Wind River Rehabilitaton and Wellness, 67.41% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.