Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown's website

2401 South Second Street,
Marshalltown IA 50158

(641) 752-1553

62.73% estimated occupancy ¹

Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown is an average-sized nursing home located in Marshalltown, Iowa. With an overall score of A-, this is clearly a high quality facility. In fact, we were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it ahead of most of the nursing homes in Marshalltown, which has a decent selection of facilities. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category grades, which are also strong. It is hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

One of the many reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it received a very impressive grade in inspections. In fact, inspections ended up being its best category. In this category, we gave this facility an A. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors did not 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

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Our nursing grade is mostly based on a 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 some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Short-term Care Quality

In addition, this facility also was given favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

The final category we graded was long-term care. This facility was awarded an above average nursing rating this year, with a grade of B. While this is not quite as impressive as many of its other grades, this is nevertheless one of the more impressive scores in this category. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients who have pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients that experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 4.48% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could indicate worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 94.58% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 16.82% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 19.24% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.

Hospitalizations

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 11.86 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown, 79.45% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.