Percent of Long-term Residents whose Need for Help with Daily Activities has Increased: Residents needing more assistance with their ADL’s (Activities of Daily Living), require more assistance from a nursing aide. As assistance with personal care, exercise and meals directly impact the ability of a resident to recover from illnesses and maintain healthy aging, the C.N.A.-staff-to-resident ratio is a high indicator of the amount of care that will be provided.
This is why often private caregivers are hired to assist residents in the nursing home during the time period that Medicare is paying for the nursing home care. Residents with extra care needs can take up much more of a nursing aides time during a shift. If this number is higher, does the nursing home likewise have a higher percentage of nursing aide staff to residents?Ĭertified Nursing Aide (C.N.A.) Hours per Resident per Day: Caregiverlist weights this ranking higher, as a C.N.A.’s largest frustration while employed at a nursing home is the inability to adequately care for all of their assigned residents. The higher the percentage of residents with pressure sores indicates the need for more C.N.A.’s to assist and for the question to be asked: Are these residents arriving to the nursing home with pressure sores or developing them after they arrive? Pressure sores can lead to infections and mobility issues. Residents with pressure sores need to be repositioned regularly to allow the sores to heal and to prevent new pressure sores from developing (repositioning every 2-hours). Percentage of Short-stay Residents with Pressure Sores: Overall Medicare Star Rating: This is the rating for the overall results of the government inspection reports.
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