Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Clarion, Iowa. The city has a population of 3,583 people. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack rating. Based on our assessment, this nursing home has some redeeming qualities. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection score. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave this facility an A-. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a favorable grade in our short-term care category. We gave this nursing home a better than average grade of B in this category. Short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is far below average. Finally, although this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we rated was long-term care. We gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is a very poor score. This is clearly a major concern. For patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.17073 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents which are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 4.48% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 94.58% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 19.24% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Many would argue that mobility is vital to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 11.86 Percentage of Patients
This 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
In Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 79.45% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Iowa Specialty Hospital-ClarionCritical Access Hospitals 0.07 miles away1316 South Main Street Clarion Iowa 50525Government - Local(515) 532-2811
- Iowa Specialty Hospital - BelmondCritical Access Hospitals 10.55 miles away403 First Street Se Belmond Iowa 50421Government - Local(641) 444-3223
- Van Diest Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.96 miles away2350 Hospital Drive Webster City Iowa 50595Government - Local(515) 832-9400