The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited August 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: F
Nursing home report
Idaho State Veterans Home - Pocatello
Pocatello, ID · Medicare-certified · 66 beds
In good standing
Government-run
Data as of July 1, 2026
5 of 5 overall
Idaho State Veterans Home - Pocatello has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars for staffing and quality measures but 3 stars for health inspections. Reported nurse staffing is 4.95 hours per resident per day, above the 4.1 federal benchmark, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.9462 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: August 7, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.9462.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.61
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.43
- Nurse aides
- 2.91
- Weekend nursing
- 4.25
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 49%
Registered nurse turnover: 41%
Resident outcomes
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Negative outcomes
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
—10%—
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3.9%4%No change
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
2.4%8%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%2%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
4.3%0%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%0%No change
Residents needing more help with daily activities
13%22.9%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
29%11.8%Improving
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
23.4%20.8%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
—4.8%—
Residents with a long-term catheter
1.9%1.5%No change
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
31.1%24%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
22.7%11.4%Improving
Positive outcomes
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—100%—
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%100%No change
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—60.9%—
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
81%85%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
The home failed to give an adequate reason and proper information when transferring or discharging a resident. Cited August 2019 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 622 — 42 CFR §483.15 — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 10 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 10 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Government - State
- Occupancy
- 52.9 residents on an average day (80% of 66 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident & family councils
- Medicare history
- Certified for 18 years
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.