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The Alverno Health Care Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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849 13th Avenue North,
Clinton IA 52732

(563) 242-1521

89.4% estimated occupancy 1

The Alverno Health Care Center is an average-sized non-profit facility located in Clinton, Iowa. This nursing home is a grade A facility, which is a high-end grade. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection score, 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
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Bariatric Care
  • Optometry

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being a first rate facility overall, this facility also performed well in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few places performed as well in this category. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its dominant resume, this nursing home also performed well in our short-term care category. In fact, it received a grade of A for the area. With our short-term care category, we attempt to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our better scores in our long-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to the next area, this nursing home received a highly favorable nursing rating. We gave it a B+ in this area, completing one of our more impressive profiles. Nursing scores are mostly based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

The Alverno Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 7.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 1.35% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who have had a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 4.52% of Patients had UTIs

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 19.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 21.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 0% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents who are showing signs of depression. Some believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 99.57% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 18.72% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 18.91% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 18.91% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 11.52% of Patients

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 gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In The Alverno Health Care Center, 71.81% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercyone Clinton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.78 miles away1410 North 4th Street Clinton Iowa 52732Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 244-5555
  • Morrison Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.14 miles away303 N Jackson Street Morrison Illinois 61270Government - Hospital District or Authority(815) 772-4003
  • Genesis Medical Center-DewittCritical Access Hospitals 17.79 miles away1118 11th Street De Witt Iowa 52742Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 659-4200

Nearby Dialysis

  • Mercy Medical Center - Clinton1.41 miles away638 S. Bluff Blvd. Clinton Iowa 52732CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (563) 244-3683