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York General Hearthstone

Nursing Home
Adult Day Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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P O Box 159, 2600 North Lincoln Avenue,
York NE 68467

(402) 362-4333

63.14% estimated occupancy ¹

York General Hearthstone is the sole option we identified in York, Nebraska. This facility appears to be ranked among the higher-rated facilities we assessed. A score of this caliber requires high-end scores across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities in the nation. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, 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
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy

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Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall grade, we gave this facility a grade of A for inspections. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility also was awarded a high-end long-term care grade. In fact, this is this facility's second best category score. In that category, this facility received a grade of A. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.0099 percent of its patients. This is a great way to minimize unnecessary deaths for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. There are numerous factors within this grade. Many of these subcategories are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home was awarded a decent short-term care score. While this was not quite as strong as many of its other category grades, this is still not a terrible score. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not appear that this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

York General Hearthstone Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In York General Hearthstone, 2.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In York General Hearthstone, 6.6% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In York General Hearthstone, 1.01% of Patients had UTIs

This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients that have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of poor nursing care. However, this metric could also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In York General Hearthstone, 14.19% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In York General Hearthstone, 15.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In York General Hearthstone, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In York General Hearthstone, 99.5% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In York General Hearthstone, 14.63% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In York General Hearthstone, 18.71% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

In York General Hearthstone, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In York General Hearthstone, 18.71% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In York General Hearthstone, 9.13% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In York General Hearthstone, 96.71% of Resident

This is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.

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