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Rockwell Community Nursing Hom

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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707 Elm Street,
Rockwell IA 50469

(641) 822-3203

55% estimated occupancy 1

Rockwell Community Nursing Hom is a senior living facility located in Rockwell, Iowa. The city has a total of 1,574 people. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top five percent of all facilities in the nation. In our view, this nursing home is a no brainer for just about anybody. Headlining this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection rating, which we will address 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
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry
  • Lymphedema Care
  • Aquatic Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to receiving a great overall rating, this nursing home earned an A+ inspection grade. This is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Our nursing rating is primarily based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This facility also received an A+ for its long-term care score. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the final area, this facility also was awarded a very strong short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. This finished off a very strong profile. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is typically a meaningful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Rockwell Community Nursing Hom Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 19.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 13.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 3.49% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating signs of depression. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 100% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 6.49% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 4.97% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Rockwell Community Nursing Hom, 4.97% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercy Medical Center-North IowaAcute Care Hospitals 11.19 miles away1000 Fourth Street Sw Mason City Iowa 50401Voluntary non-profit - Private(641) 428-7000
  • Franklin General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.07 miles away1720 Central Avenue East Hampton Iowa 50441Government - Local(641) 456-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Mason City12.32 miles away910 N Eisenhower Ave Mason City Iowa 50401Dialysis Stations: 21 (641) 423-6015