Resident Health Quality » Lake Forest Nursing 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 19.9 29.7 20.3 21.9
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers 3.0 1.5 5.7 3.3
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.4
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased 4.3 1.9 3.4 2.8
Percentage of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6
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 0.0 1.5 1.4 0.7
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication 9.2 6.2 7.1 8.2

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 83.5 80.7 74.1 78.0
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.7
Percentage of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 0.2 2.0 4.7 3.9

Additional Quality Measures - Long Stay Residents [1]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication 21.5 15.4 18.5 19.4
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 95.7 95.7 95.7 95.7
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.2
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 95.5 98.5 95.8 96.7
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder * * 81.8 78.2
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 93.3 93.3 93.3 93.3
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 93.0 92.7 93.8 92.5
  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