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Titonka Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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312 First Avenue Nw,
Titonka IA 50480

(515) 928-2600

53.51% estimated occupancy 1

Titonka Care Center is the lone facility we identified in Titonka, Iowa. This proved to be an A rated facility. This facility received one of the best ratings that we offer. A grade of this caliber requires excellent marks across the board. In our view, this nursing home should be a no brainer for just about anybody. Keep reading to see this facility's category ratings, which are equally impressive. You just can't do any better than a straight A report card.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Other
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Aquatic Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. The nursing rating includes a handful of components, but the main consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility 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 many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a patient at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also received a high-end short-term care grade. This actually is this facility's second most impressive category score. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of A-. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home was awarded a strong grade of A- in our long-term care category. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 97.67442 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Finally, this facility also received a virtually flawless government inspection. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with a grade of A-. With this impressive grade, this place is one of the few nursing homes in Iowa to receive straight A's. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Titonka Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Titonka Care Center, 6.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Titonka Care Center, 1.16% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing care limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Titonka Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Titonka Care Center, 18.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Titonka Care Center, 8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Titonka Care Center, 1.22% of Patients

This is the percent of patients showing signs of depression. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Titonka Care Center, 97.65% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Titonka Care Center, 12% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Titonka Care Center, 15.47% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Titonka Care Center, 0.75 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Titonka Care Center, 15.47% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Hancock County Health SystemCritical Access Hospitals 15.31 miles away532 1st St Nw Britt Iowa 50423Government - Local(641) 843-5000
  • Kossuth Regional Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.44 miles away1515 South Phillips Street Algona Iowa 50511Government - Local(515) 295-2451

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Algona15.15 miles away215 W Call St Algona Iowa 50511Dialysis Stations: 8 (515) 295-6132