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Halcyon House

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  • Independent Living
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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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1015 South Iowa Avenue,
Washington IA 52353

(319) 653-7264

96.48% estimated occupancy 1

Halcyon House is a facility located in Washington, Iowa, which has a total of 9,173 people. Sporting an overall grade of A+, this nursing home is undoubtedly a top-shelf facility. You simply can not do much better than this place. Headlining this nursing home's stellar report card is its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Washington, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Washington, Iowa Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk 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-plus

We also gave this nursing home a score of A+ for its long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. The nursing rating analyzes several components, however, the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Moving on to our last category, this nursing home was given a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in that category, giving this facility straight A's. Our short-term care grade is often employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 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

Halcyon House Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Halcyon House, 3.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Halcyon House, 5.85% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Halcyon House, 3.8% of Patients had UTIs

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents that had a UTI. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Halcyon House, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Halcyon House, 21.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Halcyon House, 5.65% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Halcyon House, 100% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Halcyon House, 9.64% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Halcyon House, 15.44% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Halcyon House, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Halcyon House, 15.44% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Halcyon House, 27.37% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Halcyon House, 86.54% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Washington County Hospital and ClinicsCritical Access Hospitals 0.24 miles away400 East Polk Street Washington Iowa 52353Voluntary non-profit - Other(319) 653-5481

Nearby Dialysis

  • University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - Washington0.18 miles away414 E. Polk St. Washington Iowa 52353Dialysis Stations: 6 (319) 653-4171