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Avoca Specialty Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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610 East York Street,
Avoca IA 51521

(712) 343-6398

80.86% estimated occupancy 1

Avoca Specialty Care is the lone facility located in Avoca, Iowa. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. Based on our analysis, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. The best part of this facility's profile was is its nursing grade. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Lymphedema Care
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility earned a nursing rating which is stronger than its overall grade. We awarded this nursing home an above average score of B+ in this category. There are numerous factors within this area. Most of the subcategories are tied to nurse staffing. This facility 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 place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a patient even once per day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Additionally, we also would like to point out that this nursing home was awarded strong short-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our better scores in this category, with a B. This proved to be the nursing home's second highest score. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home received a solid inspection report this year as well, with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it earned one of our better grades in that category with a score of B-. Our inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last area we scored is long-term care, which is this facility's worst area. It received an F for this category, which is obviously very disappointing. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home didn't perform well in our measures relating to patient care. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated just 62.18487 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Avoca Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Avoca Specialty Care, 3.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Avoca Specialty Care, 2.52% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Avoca Specialty Care, 1.75% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Avoca Specialty Care, 22.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Avoca Specialty Care, 28.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Avoca Specialty Care, 7.14% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Avoca Specialty Care, 71.22% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Avoca Specialty Care, 10.53% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Avoca Specialty Care, 12.93% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Avoca Specialty Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Avoca Specialty Care, 12.93% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Avoca Specialty Care, 24.62% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Avoca Specialty Care, 82.2% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Myrtue Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 10.06 miles away1213 Garfield Avenue Harlan Iowa 51537Voluntary non-profit - Other(712) 755-5161
  • Cass County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.94 miles away1501 East Tenth Street Atlantic Iowa 50022Government - Local(712) 243-3250

Nearby Dialysis

  • Harlan Dialysis10.01 miles away1213 Garfield Avenue Harlan Iowa 51537Dialysis Stations: 6 (712) 755-4257
  • Atlantic Dialysis18.93 miles away1500 E 10th Street Ste B Atlantic Iowa 50022Dialysis Stations: 6 (712) 243-7485