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Atlantic Specialty Care

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1300 East 19th Street,
Atlantic IA 50022

(712) 243-3952

73.33% estimated occupancy ¹

Atlantic Specialty Care is an average-sized nursing home in Atlantic, Iowa. This nursing home received a concerning overall grade of D in our grading scheme. Based on our assessment, this nursing home likely isn't a great fit for most prospective residents. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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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

This nursing home received an impressive short-term care rating this year. We awarded it a B in this category. 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. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

We were also pleasantly surprised to award this facility a relatively favorable government inspection rating as well. We gave it a B- in this category, which easily topped its overall score. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

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Nurse Quality

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Nursing scores are largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, while this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we analyzed is long-term care. It received an F for this category, which is a poor grade. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 92.98246 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Atlantic Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 6.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 3.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 17.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 19.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 4.67% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 93.67% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 17.07% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some experts argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 16.9% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 1.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 16.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 12.73 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Atlantic Specialty Care, 77.73% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.