Nursing Home Quality Information
First, Understand the Basics of Quality Data on WhereToFindCare.com
The nation’s largest purchaser of health care is the federal government. The agency in charge of buying health care, called CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), monitors the quality of health care it purchases by requiring providers such as skilled nursing homes to report information in 13 different areas listed below. WhereToFindCare.com uses data from CMS to help you find the best nursing home.
- Patients who have pressure sores (Long Stay High Risk, Long Stay Low Risk, and Short Stay)
- Patients who are more depressed or anxious (Long Stay)
- Patients with a Urinary Tract Infection (Long Stay)
- Patients who had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (Long Stay)
- Low Risk Patients who lose control of their bowels or bladder (Long Stay)
- Patients who lost too much weight (Long Stay) More than 5% of body weight in a month
- Patients who spend most of their time in a bed or chair (Long Stay)
- Patients who were physically restrained (Long Stay)
- Patients whose ability to move around the room got worse (Long Stay)
- Patients whose need help with daily activities has increased (Long Stay). Daily activities include feeding oneself, moving from one chair to another, changing positions while in bed and going to the bathroom alone.
- Patients who had moderate to severe pain (Long and Short Stay)
- Patient with Delirium (Short Stay)
- Influenza and Pneumococcal vaccination rates (Long and Short Stay)
Next, Compare Quality Scores
WhereToFindCare.com gives you two quality scores to assist you in choosing a nursing home: the Consumer Quality Score and the Government Quality Score.
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The Consumer Quality Score is the percentage of people who rated the nursing home on WhereToFindCare.com and said they received quality care. This experience-based nursing home satisfaction score cannot be found elsewhere today except by word of mouth.
WhereToFindCare.com simplifies data from CMS, the 13 areas of quality data (or 19 measures of quality), into one value called the Government Quality Score. Each nursing home’s Government Quality Score is the percentage of measures that met or exceeded the national average. Sometimes, however, CMS feels a nursing home did not have enough patients to make a judgment on its quality. In these cases, the Government Quality Scores are not displayed. When available, detailed quality information is available on the Quality tab of each nursing home’s page.
Want to see quality data for nursing homes in your area? Use the Find a Nursing Home tool above to get started!
Have you had experiences with nursing homes in your area? Share your experiences with other users by rating the nursing homes on WhereToFindCare.com. Your feedback is invaluable to others in your community searching for a nursing home.
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