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Mercy Living Plus

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Updated Jun 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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201 Eighth Avenue Se,
Oelwein IA 50662

(319) 283-6000

59.23% estimated occupancy 1

Mercy Living Plus is located in Oelwein, Iowa, a city with a population of 7,238 people. This facility was given an A- overall, which is one of our best ratings. In addition, this is a hospital-based facility, which may add peace of mind for prospective residents with medical conditions frequently requiring hospitalization. Scroll down to find this facility's category ratings, which are also strong. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Oelwein, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Oelwein, Iowa Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Oelwein, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Oelwein, Iowa Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Oelwein, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Oelwein, Iowa Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly perfect. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B+. There are numerous factors within this category. Many of the criteria are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to another strength for this facility, we gave them one of our more positive grades in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is typically a reliable assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next category we assessed was long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a very good nursing score this year, with a B. Even though this isn't nearly as good as many of its other scores, this remains one of the more favorable scores for that area. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.85058 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Mercy Living Plus Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Mercy Living Plus, 8.89% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Mercy Living Plus, 1.15% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Mercy Living Plus, 14.94% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Mercy Living Plus, 5.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Mercy Living Plus, 25.68% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Mercy Living Plus, 3.8% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Mercy Living Plus, 99.43% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Mercy Living Plus, 23.53% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Mercy Living Plus, 22.16% of Residents

This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Mercy Living Plus, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Mercy Living Plus, 22.16% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercyone Oelwein Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away201 Eighth Avenue Se Oelwein Iowa 50662Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 283-6000
  • Buchanan County Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 14.36 miles away1600 First St East Independence Iowa 50644Voluntary non-profit - Other(319) 332-0999
  • Community Memorial Hospital Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.85 miles away909 West First Street Sumner Iowa 50674Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 578-3275

Nearby Dialysis

  • Buchanan County Dialysis14.36 miles away1600 1st Street East Independence Iowa 50644Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 334-7437