Wyoming Retirement Center
890 Us Hwy 20 South, Basin WY 82410 · (307) 568-2431 · 77.77% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Wyoming Retirement Center is one of just a few available facilities in Basin, Wyoming. With an A overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the United States. You really can not do any better than this facility. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar profile is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is mostly based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per patient per day. At least one quarter of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. This is a high percentage of skilled nursing care. In determining our nursing grades, we apply more weight to care provided by registered or licensed nurses. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Wyoming in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning patients more often.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a score of A+ for its long-term care grade. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 84.50185 percent of its patients, which is a few points lower than we anticipated. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.07 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best scores in that category, with an A-. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our last area, this facility also performed admirably in our short-term care category. We awarded it a grade of A- in that area. This completed truly elite report card. In computing our short-term care ratings, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is often a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered substantially more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home rather than remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wyoming Retirement Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many 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 tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better