Calvin Community

Calvin Community is a small non-profit nursing home in Des Moines, Iowa. This turns out to be an A+ rated facility, which is the most impressive score we offer. This is one of the top three nursing homes in the city. We also gave this nursing home phenomenal grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. There are quite a few criteria within this category. Many of these datapoints reflect levels of nurse staffing. This place provides an incredible 5.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Out of this total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing high levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed as well as any facility in the country in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The next area we analyzed is short-term care. This facility also received an A+ short-term care grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to grade a facility's rehabilitation services To have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. It outperformed the overwhelming majority of nursing homes in the nation in this area with 65.7 percent of its residents returning home.

Moving on to the next category, this facility was given a high-end long-term care rating. In fact, we gave it an A in that area, rounding out a straight A profile. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 95.85493 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than the average nursing home. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.53 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.