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Accura Healthcare of Cresco

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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701 Vernon Road Sw,
Cresco IA 52136

(563) 547-3580

72.39% estimated occupancy 1

Accura Healthcare of Cresco is a small facility in Cresco, Iowa. With an overall rating of B, this appears to be a good nursing home. You could definitely do much worse than this nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Stroke Recovery
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing grade. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses worked with patients, in computing our score in this area. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning patients more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home is also strong in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of B+. It outpaced most facilities in this category. Short-term care grades are commonly used to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. To offer quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

In addition, this nursing home received a very good inspection report this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a B. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final category we rated was long-term care. This nursing home received a C for the area. In our long-term care grade, we look at the volume of care provided by a facility, as well as a few qualitative measures. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 98.290596 percent of its residents. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Accura Healthcare of Cresco Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 3.39% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients that have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 0.85% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percent of long-term care residents who experienced falls resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 1.79% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 22.55% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 20% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 5.17% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 98.24% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 22.45% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 21.34% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Accura Healthcare of Cresco, 21.34% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Regional Health Services of Howard CountyCritical Access Hospitals 1.16 miles away235 8th Avenue West Cresco Iowa 52136Government - Local(563) 547-2101
  • Winneshiek Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.43 miles away901 Montgomery Street Decorah Iowa 52101Government - Local(563) 382-2911

Nearby Dialysis

  • Mayo Clinic Hosp-Dyls18.43 miles away901 Montgomery St. Decorah Iowa 52101Dialysis Stations: 4 (563) 382-1961