With an address in Charles City, Iowa, Chautauqua Guest Home #2 is one of just a couple available nursing homes in this area. This nursing home turns out to be an A rated facility, which is one of the top ratings that we offer. Based on our analysis, this place is simply as good as it gets. This place also received very consistent grades in each of our categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
Chautauqua Guest Home #2
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
602 Eleventh Street,
Charles City IA 50616
76.6% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't 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
We also wanted to note the fact that this nursing home was awarded a top-shelf score of A in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. This nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.1 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. When computing a facility's nursing score, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are with patients and the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home averages 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we scored was short-term care. This nursing home was awarded a very good nursing grade in our assessment, with a B. Although this is not as impressive as a few of its other scores, this is nevertheless one of the more favorable grades in this area. In forming our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chautauqua Guest Home #2 Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 6.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which sustained falls which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 2.94% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 16.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 18.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 4.84% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 94.37% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 16.8% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 20.56% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chautauqua Guest Home #2, 20.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Floyd County Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.21 miles away800 11th St Charles City Iowa 50616Voluntary non-profit - Other(641) 228-6830
- Mitchell County Regional HealthCritical Access Hospitals 17.62 miles away616 North Eighth Street Osage Iowa 50461Voluntary non-profit - Other(641) 732-6000
- Mercy Medical Center-New HamptonCritical Access Hospitals 18.07 miles away308 North Maple Avenue New Hampton Iowa 50659Voluntary non-profit - Church(641) 394-4121
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Charles City0.82 miles away707 Gilbert St Charles City Iowa 50616Dialysis Stations: 8 (641) 228-3467