Chautauqua Guest Home #3 is a small nursing home in Charles City, Iowa. We gave this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the country. We can't find many negative things to say about this nursing home. Its scores are as good as they get. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
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Chautauqua Guest Home #3
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a great facility overall, it also earned A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually perfect. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Our nursing rating is largely based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning our next category, we gave this facility a grade of A- for its short-term care score. This is a very strong grade. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to grade a facility's rehabilitation services To have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care. We gave this facility a solid grade in this category, with a B-. While this is not on par with a few of this facility's other scores, it is still not a major area of concern. In calculating our long-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.324326 percent of its patients. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chautauqua Guest Home #3 Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 4.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 1.35% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who had falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 0.68% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents which experienced urinary tract infections. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 23.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 35.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 4.35% of Patients
This is the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 99.66% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 8.76% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 15.24% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 15.24% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Chautauqua Guest Home #3, 84.82% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Floyd County Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.4 miles away800 11th St Charles City Iowa 50616Voluntary non-profit - Other(641) 228-6830
- Mitchell County Regional HealthCritical Access Hospitals 17.48 miles away616 North Eighth Street Osage Iowa 50461Voluntary non-profit - Other(641) 732-6000
- Mercy Medical Center-New HamptonCritical Access Hospitals 17.93 miles away308 North Maple Avenue New Hampton Iowa 50659Voluntary non-profit - Church(641) 394-4121
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Charles City0.65 miles away707 Gilbert St Charles City Iowa 50616Dialysis Stations: 8 (641) 228-3467