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Blackhawk Life Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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73 West 5th Street,
Lake View IA 51450

(712) 657-8527

67.77% estimated occupancy 1

Blackhawk Life Care Center is the lone facility we found in Lake View, Iowa. With an A- overall grade, we rated this facility in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the country. As far as we can see, this nursing home ought to be a wonderful choice for most people. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being a great nursing home overall, it also earned A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

We also would like to emphasize the fact that this facility was given an elite score of A in our long-term care category. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a deadly condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also was given a fine short-term care grade. This actually is this facility's third most impressive category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a score of A-. With our short-term care rating, we seek to craft a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The last category we looked at ended up being this facility's weakest category. However, even in its weakest link we still awarded it a decent grade of B- for our nursing category. Our nursing score is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of skill of the nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, our nursing scores also consider some quality-focused statistics. We especially look at the percent of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are measures of the quality of nursing care, since superior care can reduce these issues.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Blackhawk Life Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 23.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 7.63% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 8.65% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which suffered from a UTI. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 16.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 8.77% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing signs of depression. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 99.17% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 19.81% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 14.15% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 14.15% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Blackhawk Life Care Center, 84.56% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Loring HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 8.68 miles away211 Highland Avenue PO Box 217 Sac City Iowa 50583Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 662-7105
  • Stewart Memorial Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.06 miles away1301 West Main Street Lake City Iowa 51449Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 464-3171
  • St Anthony Regional Hospital & Nursing HomeAcute Care Hospitals 19.89 miles away311 South Clark Street Carroll Iowa 51401Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 792-3581

Nearby Dialysis

  • Saint Anthonys Regional Hospital19.95 miles away311 S Clark St Dialysis Unit Carroll Iowa 51401CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (712) 794-5278