Resident Health Quality » Caring House

Used in Quality Measure Five Star Rating - Long Stay Residents [1]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened 26.0 9.8 17.1 21.1
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers 17.0 15.1 11.4 12.0
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury 4.6 2.7 3.0 3.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased 19.7 8.8 14.5 15.7
Percentage of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 13.9 20.3 11.1 14.7
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder 2.9 1.1 1.3 1.3
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.5
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication 9.5 5.6 6.2 6.3

Used in Quality Measure Five Star Rating - Short Stay Residents [2]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function 71.4 68.1 * 73.3
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.5
Percentage of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 30.8 39.0 24.2 28.0

Additional Quality Measures - Long Stay Residents [1]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication 8.1 11.3 13.6 12.7
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 88.7 88.7 88.7 88.7
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight 8.1 4.2 4.5 5.2
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 95.4 97.3 94.0 94.2
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder 24.1 29.7 24.1 29.8
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms 5.4 8.2 7.3 6.7
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Additional Quality Measures - Short Stay Residents [2]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 86.8 86.8 88.0 87.4
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 95.2 93.8 84.4 87.7
  1. * Not Available - The number of residents is too small to report.  Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Nursing homes regularly collect assessment information on all their residents using a form called the Minimum Data Set. The information collected includes the residents' health, physical functioning, mental status, and general well being. Nursing homes self-report this information to Medicare.

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References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/Data/Long-Stay-Residents.html
  2. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/Data/Short-Stay-Residents.html