Golden LivingCenter - Broken Bow sits at 224 East South E Street in Broken Bow, Nebraska, and it's a long-term care facility that's been approved to provide skilled nursing services since July 1, 1992, while being a for-profit corporation that's certified for both Medicare and Medicaid. The community holds 79 certified beds and usually cares for about 68 to 48 residents, depending on what's needed at the time, and they've kept an occupancy rate around 86%. Each resident gets their own care plan, and the staff includes Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Medication Aides, and CNAs, with reported nurse staffing hours adding up to 3,048.96 per resident per day, and you might notice that a Registered Nurse typically spends about 1.47 hours per day with a resident, LPNs about 1.13 hours, and CNAs roughly 1.58 hours, while there's also some time set aside for physical therapy, though it's just a little over five minutes per resident per day.
You'll see Golden LivingCenter offers different kinds of care, like skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care for folks with Alzheimer's or dementia, independent living for seniors who can still handle things mostly on their own, and even some home care services. The facility isn't called a continuing care retirement community, and it's not part of a hospital, but it is fully sprinkled with automatic fire systems for safety. They've got a resident safety system and carry a history of health inspection deficiencies, with five deficiencies in their most recent cycle and nine in the one before, and a deficiency score that jumped from 28 to 72 across those cycles, including problems with quality care, environmental safety, hiring practices, and how well they reported and investigated any mistreatment.
When it comes to health, residents can get help with things like dialysis, stroke recovery, heart care, wound care, pain management, hearing and vision care, and therapy services like speech, physical, and occupational. There are rates showing that 13% of short-stay folks ended up with pressure sores, 11% had notable pain, and 2% experienced delirium, while long-stay data shows 11% also deal with pressure sores, and 7% have had urinary tract infections. Vaccination rates are high, with 99% getting both flu and pneumococcal shots. Still, 6% lose too much weight, over a third (38%) become more depressed or anxious, and 13% need more help with daily tasks over time, with 53% of low-risk residents losing some control over their bowels or bladder.
Residents live in rooms with central air conditioning and cable TV, and the property features include a dining hall, outdoor garden, convenience store, on-site salon and barbershop, and parking for visitors. There's high-speed internet, and although pet-friendly amenities might sound nice, this place doesn't offer accommodations for pets. Transportation services are available for outings or appointments, and the location's close to local clinics, hospitals like Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical Center, pharmacies such as Holcomb Pharmacy, and community churches like the Broken Bow Methodist Church, so residents can easily get to appointments, worship services, restaurants like Shotgun Annie's or Runza, and enjoy local parks like City Square Park.
The staff helps residents with daily living activities like bathing, eating, dressing, and handling medicines, and you'll find regular social and spiritual activities to help keep folks engaged. Golden LivingCenter - Broken Bow, though not perfect and with past deficiencies to fix, keeps its focus on supporting seniors at many stages of need, giving them medical care, safety features, and places to gather, eat, and spend time with others in a town setting where community is still important.
