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Cherokee Specialty Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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1011 North Roosevelt,
Cherokee IA 51012

(712) 225-5189

85.48% estimated occupancy 1

Cherokee Specialty Care is a small non-profit facility located in Cherokee, Iowa. Featuring an overall grade of C, this is likely a decent nursing home. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this place's report card is is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Lymphedema Care

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless health inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next best category we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our long-term care ratings are more meaningful for folks requiring more conventional services associated with personal care. After we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 86.85715 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our rating in this category. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below the national average. Finally, nursing scores also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its residents.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's worst category is short-term care, which is the final category we assessed. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of just D. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is frequently a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation. As you might expect, we found that this place offers substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Cherokee Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 3.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 7.43% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 4.68% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 30.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term residents which were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 15.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 7.32% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 88.38% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 11.18% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 18.69% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 18.69% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 5.06% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Cherokee Specialty Care, 66.99% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Cherokee Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.26 miles away300 Sioux Valley Drive Cherokee Iowa 51012Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 225-5101
  • Mental Health InstitutePsychiatric 1.44 miles away1251 North Cedar Loop Cherokee Iowa 51012Government - State(712) 225-2594
  • Buena Vista Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.29 miles away1525 West 5th Street Storm Lake Iowa 50588Government - Local(712) 732-4030

Nearby Dialysis

  • Renal Center of Storm Lake, LLC18.97 miles away1426 N Lake Ave Storm Lake Iowa 50588Dialysis Stations: 16 (712) 732-6900