Accura Healthcare of Newton East is a small facility in Newton, Iowa. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some respectable marks. In our view, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
Accura Healthcare of Newton East
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We would like to point out that this nursing home's inspection score exceeded its overall grade. This facility earned a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Nurse Quality
In addition, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ in our nursing category. This is one of our better grades. Nursing grades are largely based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 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 facility the nation 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 turning residents more frequently.
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Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we gave this facility a grade of B in our short-term care category. This is one of our more impressive grades. Our short-term care grades are probably more important for people in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was long-term care, which ended up being this facility's weakest category. We gave it a lowly F in this category, which is obviously concerning. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.8024 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Accura Healthcare of Newton East Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 6.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 3.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents which experienced a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 17.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for treating several conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 19.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 4.67% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 93.67% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 17.07% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 16.9% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 1.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 16.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 12.73 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Accura Healthcare of Newton East, 77.73% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Skiff Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.22 miles away204 N 4th Ave E Newton Iowa 50208Voluntary non-profit - Private(641) 792-1273
- Grinnell Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.69 miles away210 Fourth Avenue Grinnell Iowa 50112Voluntary non-profit - Private(641) 236-7511
Nearby Dialysis
- Newton Dialysis1.4 miles away204 N 4th Ave E Suite 134 Newton Iowa 50208Dialysis Stations: 8 (641) 792-2600
- University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - Grinnell16.19 miles away803 Broad St Grinnell Iowa 50112Dialysis Stations: 9 (641) 236-7419