Concord Care Center is a small nursing home located in Garner, Iowa. Featuring an overall rating of A-, this nursing home is among the higher-rated facilities we assessed. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the country. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
Concord Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Bariatric Care
- Colostomy Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also earned A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly perfect. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
On the list of its many dominant scores, this facility received a top-shelf long-term care grade. In fact, it received a score of A- in that category. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing grade consists of many subcategories, but the primary one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed proved to be this nursing home's worst category. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still gave it a decent grade of B- for our short-term care category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we size up a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is more often than not a useful measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Concord Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Concord Care Center, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Concord Care Center, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care residents who have had a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Concord Care Center, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Concord Care Center, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Concord Care Center, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Concord Care Center, 4.48% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Concord Care Center, 94.58% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Concord Care Center, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Concord Care Center, 19.24% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Concord Care Center, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Concord Care Center, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Concord Care Center, 11.86 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint 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 Concord Care Center, 79.45% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Hancock County Health SystemCritical Access Hospitals 10.04 miles away532 1st St Nw Britt Iowa 50423Government - Local(641) 843-5000
- Iowa Specialty Hospital - BelmondCritical Access Hospitals 16.97 miles away403 First Street Se Belmond Iowa 50421Government - Local(641) 444-3223
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Mason City17.85 miles away910 N Eisenhower Ave Mason City Iowa 50401Dialysis Stations: 21 (641) 423-6015