Atlantic Specialty Care

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Atlantic Specialty Care's website

1300 East 19th Street,
Atlantic IA 50022

(712) 243-3952

72.11% estimated occupancy ¹

Atlantic Specialty Care is an average-sized nursing home in Atlantic, Iowa. We gave this facility an alarming overall grade based on the data we looked at. Based on our assessment, this facility probably isn't a good fit for anyone. 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.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pain Management
Bariatric Care
Optometry
Lymphedema Care
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Short-term Care Quality

Even though we gave this nursing home a terrible overall score, we awarded it a C for short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are important for people needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. 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 typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

As it turns out, its government inspection reports were not the source of this facility's rock bottom overall grade. In fact, it earned a C in this category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were in categories G through L. This tells you this facility dodged the more ominous classes of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home also didn't perform terribly in the area of nursing. In fact, we awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is another one its better scores. The nursing category weighs quite a few factors, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a low total compared to most other nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Long-term Care Quality

Switching gears to the next category, this nursing home didn't fare well here either. With an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 96.410255 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some 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.

Atlantic Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 6.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 2.97% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 18.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 4.77% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 94.58% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 16.85% Percentage of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 20.59% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 20.59 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 11.44 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 79.44% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.