Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus is an average-sized facility located in Independence, Iowa. We have a high opinion of this facility, which we gave a B+ overall. We were also impressed with the city grade of nursing homes in Independence, making this a great place to find a nursing home. Based on all of the relevant data, you could do much worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile was its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to faring well overall, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it earned one of our best scores in that area with an A+. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home an A-. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Iowa in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving a patient at least once a day.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility received a strong short-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that area with a grade of B. In crafting these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was long-term care, where this nursing home was given a B-. This actually was this facility's weakest category. This is still not the end of the world. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents which were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 4.48% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 94.58% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 19.24% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence West Campus, 79.45% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Buchanan County Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.19 miles away1600 First St East Independence Iowa 50644Voluntary non-profit - Other(319) 332-0999
- Mercyone Oelwein Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 14.18 miles away201 Eighth Avenue Se Oelwein Iowa 50662Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 283-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Buchanan County Dialysis0.18 miles away1600 1st Street East Independence Iowa 50644Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 334-7437