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Aase Haugen Senior Services

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Four Ohio Street,
Decorah IA 52101

(563) 382-3603

57.4% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Decorah, Iowa, Aase Haugen Senior Services is one of just two nursing homes in this city. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. This facility has some things going for it. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its impressive nursing grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Nurse Quality

One of the reasons this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received a very favorable nursing score. In fact, its nursing rating ended up being its best category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B+. When computing a facility's nursing rating, we consider the amount of time nurses commit to patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

This nursing home also received favorable health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of B. This is better than its overall grade. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

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Short-term Care Quality

Sadly, this nursing home's next highest category is short-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed somewhat badly. Our short-term care scores are vital for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. As you might expect, we learned that this nursing home offers substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we assessed was long-term care, which turned out to be a weak link for this nursing home. We gave this facility a grade of just D for our long-term care category. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.55556 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

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Aase Haugen Senior Services Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 1.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 1.78% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 15.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 9.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 5.16% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 99.78% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 18.41% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 20.22% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 20.22% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 6.15% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Aase Haugen Senior Services, 39.04% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

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Regional Health Services of Howard CountyCritical Access Hospitals 16.64 miles away235 8th Avenue West Cresco Iowa 52136Government - Local(563) 547-2101
Veterans Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.7 miles away40 1st Street Se Waukon Iowa 52172Government - Local(563) 568-3411