Resident Health Quality » The Orchard

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 17.0 20.7 11.9 13.8
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers 7.7 6.8 13.3 9.7
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury 6.7 5.5 3.3 4.7
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased 27.8 9.3 12.8 16.3
Percentage of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 0.0 12.4 13.8 9.5
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 6.7 1.8 0.0 2.5
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication 19.3 23.1 19.3 20.5

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 91.7 85.9 87.2 88.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication 1.3 2.5 4.2 2.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 0.0 2.3 1.2 1.2

Additional Quality Measures - Long Stay Residents [1]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication 37.0 31.1 31.4 31.5
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight 0.0 2.2 0.0 1.5
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 100.0 100.0 98.3 99.2
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder 72.7 * * 63.6
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 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 98.9 98.1 100.0 98.7
  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