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Calvin Community

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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4210 Hickman Road,
Des Moines IA 50310

(515) 277-6141

86.94% estimated occupancy 1

Calvin Community is in Des Moines, Iowa. This city has 212,318 people. Featuring an overall grade of A+, we graded this facility to be one of the three highest graded nursing homes in the city. An overall score in this range is a strong indication of a high quality nursing home. This is really as good of a place as you're going to find. If you look further down this page, you will see this nursing home's category grades, which look to be equally impressive as its overall rating.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2020

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Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.47644 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This facility has earned near flawless inspections recently. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Nursing ratings are largely based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In the last category we scored, this facility was given an impressive grade grade of A in our short-term care category. With this score, the facility topped off a straight A profile. In calculating these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Calvin Community Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Calvin Community, 5.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This measures the percent of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Calvin Community, 6.28% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Calvin Community, 1.13% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that have suffered from a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Calvin Community, 11.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Calvin Community, 12.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Calvin Community, 1.65% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Calvin Community, 99.24% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Calvin Community, 20.92% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Calvin Community, 21.71% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Calvin Community, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Calvin Community, 21.71% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Calvin Community, 9.66% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Calvin Community, 79.01% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Des Moines, IA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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