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Friendship Home Association

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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714 Division,
Audubon IA 50025

(712) 563-2651

80.18% estimated occupancy 1

Friendship Home Association is in Audubon, Iowa, a city with a total of 3,325 people. This facility appears to be among the better facilities we assessed. A grade of this caliber requires very strong scores across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities in the country. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed well in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Nursing scores are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a resident at least once a day.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Inspection scores are tied to datapoints located in the a nursing home's government inspections. Nursing homes that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Turning to our next area, this nursing home also earned a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage 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 sadly can be a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last area we graded was this facility's worst category. However, even its weakest link would likely be a strength for many nursing homes. In fact, we awarded it a strong grade of B in short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are likely most critical for people requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Friendship Home Association Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In Friendship Home Association, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Friendship Home Association, 3.03% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients that have had falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Friendship Home Association, 3.16% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have experienced UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Friendship Home Association, 18.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Friendship Home Association, 19.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Friendship Home Association, 1.27% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Friendship Home Association, 100% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Friendship Home Association, 25.95% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Friendship Home Association, 17.17% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Friendship Home Association, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Friendship Home Association, 17.17% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Boone County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.96 miles away1015 Union Street Boone Iowa 50036Government - Local(515) 432-3140
  • Mary Greeley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.63 miles away1111 Duff Avenue Ames Iowa 50010Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 239-2011
  • Dallas County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.92 miles away610 Tenth Street Perry Iowa 50220Voluntary non-profit - Other(515) 465-3547

Nearby Dialysis

  • Ames Mary Greeley Dialysis16.05 miles away2322 E. 13th St. Ames Iowa 50010Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 239-6800
  • Perry Dialysis18.91 miles away610 10th St Perry Iowa 50220Dialysis Stations: 8 (515) 465-2657