Bethany Life is a large non-profit nursing home located in Story City, Iowa. This facility received an overall grade of B, which is a quality score. At the end of the day, this nursing home is a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
Bethany Life
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility received a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially would like to point out its excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave it an A- in this category. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in 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 health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a favorable short-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B+ in this category. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is frequently a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are seeing residents and the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the final area, this nursing home was awarded a grade of B- for long-term care, which we consider to be a decent score. Our long-term care grade is often used to score a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. One of the factors we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 92.63158 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bethany Life Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bethany Life, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bethany Life, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bethany Life, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bethany Life, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bethany Life, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bethany Life, 4.48% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bethany Life, 94.58% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bethany Life, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many believe this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bethany Life, 19.24% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bethany Life, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bethany Life, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bethany Life, 11.86 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bethany Life, 79.45% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mary Greeley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.35 miles away1111 Duff Avenue Ames Iowa 50010Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 239-2011
- Story County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.6 miles away640 South 19th Street Nevada Iowa 50201Government - Local(515) 382-2111
- Boone County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.99 miles away1015 Union Street Boone Iowa 50036Government - Local(515) 432-3140
Nearby Dialysis
- Ames Mary Greeley Dialysis10.24 miles away2322 E. 13th St. Ames Iowa 50010Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 239-6800