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Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's website

200 Seventh Avenue Sw,
Altoona IA 50009

(515) 967-4267

85.94% estimated occupancy 1

Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Altoona, Iowa, a city with a total of 16,136 people. This facility received an overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Altoona. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B for our short-term care rating. This is far more impressive than its overall grade. In fact, without this grade, its profile would have been in serious trouble. In determining our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This category is typically a solid measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

We actually gave this nursing home a very solid score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we gave it a B- in this category. Inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we look at the amount of time nurses commit to residents and the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to the fourth area, we gave this facility a grade of D in the area of long-term care. This is the nursing home's worst category score. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.18731 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.63% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who sustained falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.37% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care patients which were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 29.01% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 5.43% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 97.21% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 26.5% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 31.36% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 31.36% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 23.36% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 71.63% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Iowa Lutheran HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.93 miles away700 East University Avenue Des Moines Iowa 50316Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 263-5612
  • Mercyone Des Moines Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.65 miles away1111 6th Ave Des Moines Iowa 50314Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 247-3121
  • Broadlawns Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.04 miles away1801 Hickman Road Des Moines Iowa 50314Government - Local(515) 282-2200
  • Iowa Methodist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.26 miles away1200 Pleasant Street Des Moines Iowa 50309Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 241-6212

Nearby Dialysis

  • East Des Moines Dialysis7.75 miles away1301 Pennsylvania Ave Ste 208 Des Moines Iowa 50316Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 262-5995
  • Fmc - Mercy8.24 miles away95 University Ste. 11 Des Moines Iowa 50314Dialysis Stations: 21 (515) 244-0379
  • Riverpoint Dialysis Unit8.75 miles away501 Sw 7th St Ste B Des Moines Iowa 50309Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 283-1300
  • Central Des Moines Dialysis9.38 miles away1215 Pleasant #106 Des Moines Iowa 50309Dialysis Stations: 20 (515) 241-5715
  • Ankeny Dialysis9.67 miles away2625 N Ankeny Blvd Ankeny Iowa 50023Dialysis Stations: 12 (515) 963-3174
  • Fmc - Dialysis Services Des Moines South11.73 miles away6651 Sw 9th St Des Moines Iowa 50315Dialysis Stations: 19 (515) 285-3032
  • Davita Windsor Heights Dialysis13.12 miles away1119 73rd St Windsor Heights Iowa 50324Dialysis Stations: 12 (515) 274-9303
  • West Des Moines Dialysis17.51 miles away6800 Lake Dr #185 West Des Moines Iowa 50266Dialysis Stations: 10 (515) 221-2944

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=165162