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Atlantic Specialty Care

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1300 East 19th Street,
Atlantic IA 50022

(712) 243-3952

79.77% estimated occupancy ¹

Atlantic Specialty Care is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Atlantic, Iowa. This nursing home proved to be a decent facility, with an overall grade of B-. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's report card is its impressive short-term care rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
No Resident Council
No Family Council
Non 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

This nursing home excelled in the category of short-term care, with an impressive grade of A- in this category. This really propped up its overall grade. In determining these short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an B+. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Facility Inspections

Next we looked at this nursing home's inspection score This grade is based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road score in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This place was assessed 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Long-term Care Quality

The last category we graded is long-term care. We awarded this facility a C in this category. Long-term care ratings are crucial for individuals looking for personal care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were concerned by the fact that this facility vaccinated just 89.64143 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Nevertheless, this nursing home excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization 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.

Atlantic Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 2.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 4.78% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 0.41% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 11.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 24.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 2.08% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 94.03% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 11.44% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of deterioration of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 16.12% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 16.12% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures 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 abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 44.93% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.