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. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its strong nursing rating. You can continue reading to learn more about nursing and other category scores
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Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- 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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Nurse Quality
While we did not rate this facility well overall, we want to point out its relatively favorable nursing rating this year. We gave it a B in this category, which was much better than its overall grade. There are several factors within this area. Most of the factors relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning patients at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
We were also pleasantly surprised to award this facility a relatively favorable inspection grade as well. We gave it a B- in this category, which was much better than its overall score. We would argue that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a middle of the road score in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we graded was long-term care, in which this nursing home received an abysmal grade here as well. We gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.80239 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, 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.
Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 19.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents which were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.67% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 93.67% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.07% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.9% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.73 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 77.73% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
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