Resident Health Quality » Morton Bakar Center

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 14.4 17.3 17.5 15.4
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers * * * 13.5
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury 8.0 7.1 5.7 5.7
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased 12.8 22.0 11.9 14.8
Percentage of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 2.3 2.4 4.9 3.5
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection 1.1 2.4 0.0 0.9
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication * * * 90.6

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 * * * *
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication * * * *
Percentage of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain * * * 4.9

Additional Quality Measures - Long Stay Residents [1]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication 61.6 66.3 65.9 63.5
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight 3.5 6.0 4.7 4.4
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 94.3 91.8 85.1 88.5
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder 23.9 28.1 27.1 28.7
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms 2.4 1.3 5.0 2.8
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 * * * 100.0
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine * * * 62.1
  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