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Briarwood Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Grade: A-minus
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605 Greenwood Drive,
Iowa City IA 52246

(319) 338-7912

80.16% estimated occupancy 1

Briarwood Healthcare Center is a small nursing home located in Iowa City, Iowa. Featuring an overall score of A-, this is without a doubt a very good nursing home. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the nation. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Our inspection grades are based on several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

On the list of its many impressive grades, this facility was given first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, it received a score of A in that area. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 90.69768 percent of its residents. This is a bit lower than we anticipated. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also received a top-shelf short-term care score. Indeed, this turned out to be this facility's third most impressive category score. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of A-. With our short-term care rating, we strive to forge a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next category we looked at was nursing. We awarded this nursing home an acceptable score in that category, with a grade of B-. Even though this wasn't as dominant as some of this facility's other grades, it is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. Our nursing grade is based on a handful of data points, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below average. Finally, we also factored some quality measures into our nursing scores. This place was relatively weak in a few of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally decent measures of the quality of nursing care offered.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Briarwood Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 15.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 5.81% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 5.62% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 5.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 29.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 10.24% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 94.78% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 20.16% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts believe this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 13.73% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 13.73% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 19.57% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Briarwood Healthcare Center, 78.31% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • University of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsAcute Care Hospitals 0.62 miles away200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City Iowa 52242Government - State(319) 356-1616
  • Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.22 miles away500 E Market Street Iowa City Iowa 52245Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 339-0300

Nearby Dialysis

  • University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Dialysis0.71 miles away200 Hawkins Drive w336-4az Iowa City Iowa 52242Dialysis Stations: 20 (319) 356-3047
  • University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - North Liberty6.26 miles away5 Lions Drive N Liberty Outreach Dialysis Unit North Liberty Iowa 52317Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 467-7190