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Mechanicsville Specialty Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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104 East Fourth Street Box 430,
Mechanicsville IA 52306

(563) 432-7235

91.28% estimated occupancy 1

Mechanicsville Specialty Care is a senior living facility located in Mechanicsville, Iowa, a city with 1,754 people. With an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the higher-graded nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Blood Administration
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Catheter Care

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being a great nursing home overall, it also earned A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections are nearly perfect. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Our nursing score assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home 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 frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving residents more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

In addition, this facility also was awarded favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. In fact, we gave it one of our stronger scores in that category, with a score of B. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.17355 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Switching gears to our last area, this facility received a respectable short-term care grade. While this isn't quite as strong as some of its other grades, this is really not a poor grade. Short-term care grades are meaningful for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Mechanicsville Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 3.7% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that sustained falls leading to major injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 0.83% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 21.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 20% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents that are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 7.63% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 97.28% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 12.36% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 15.29% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 15.29% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Mechanicsville Specialty Care, 66% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Jones Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 13.45 miles away1795 Highway 64 East Anamosa Iowa 52205Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 462-6131