Located in Milford, Iowa, Accura Healthcare of Milford is the lone nursing home we were able to find in this city. Featuring an overall rating of B+, this is a strong nursing home. This nursing home definitely has plenty of good features. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile was its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Accura Healthcare of Milford
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also strong in the category of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this area. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. We were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing ratings are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last area, this facility was given an acceptable long-term care grade. While this was not quite as impressive as several of its other grades, this is truly not a poor grade. Our long-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's volume of nursing services. This means a vast range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.47328 percent of its residents, which is higher than the average nursing home. 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 a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Accura Healthcare of Milford Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 2.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 9.16% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 4.69% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 20.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 22.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 2.38% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 98.54% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 19.83% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 33.61% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 33.61% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 14.43% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Accura Healthcare of Milford, 81.79% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lakes Regional HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 6.47 miles away2301 Highway 71 Spirit Lake Iowa 51360Voluntary non-profit - Other(712) 336-1230
- Spencer Municipal HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.32 miles away1200 1st Avenue East Spencer Iowa 51301Government - Local(712) 264-8300
- Avera Holy Family HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.31 miles away826 North 8th Street Estherville Iowa 51334Voluntary non-profit - Church(712) 362-2631
Nearby Dialysis
- Warner Dialysis Center6.64 miles away3150 18th St Spirit Lake Iowa 51360Dialysis Stations: 12 (712) 336-2910
- Warner Dialysis Center Spencer11.85 miles away1721 W 18th St Spencer Iowa 51301Dialysis Stations: 14 (712) 264-6464