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Corydon Specialty Care

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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745 East South Street,
Corydon IA 50060

(641) 872-1590

88.3% estimated occupancy 1

Corydon Specialty Care is the sole facility located in Corydon, Iowa. With an overall grade of C, this appears to be a respectable facility. Based on our assessment, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. The best part of this facility's report card is is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

One of the reasons this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned a favorable inspection grade. In this category, we gave this facility a B+. Our inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, while this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared well in this subcategory.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facility was given its next most favorable category score in the category of short-term care. We gave this facility a C in this category, which is a decent grade. Short-term care grades are important for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last area we assessed. For this area, we gave this facility a grade of D. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 92.92036 percent of its residents. This is a bit below what we were hoping for but still a decent figure. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Corydon Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Corydon Specialty Care, 6.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Corydon Specialty Care, 3.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of long-term care residents that experienced a fall which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Corydon Specialty Care, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. However, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Corydon Specialty Care, 17.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Corydon Specialty Care, 19.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Corydon Specialty Care, 4.67% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Corydon Specialty Care, 93.67% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Corydon Specialty Care, 17.07% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Corydon Specialty Care, 16.9% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Corydon Specialty Care, 1.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Corydon Specialty Care, 16.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Corydon Specialty Care, 12.73 Percentage of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Corydon Specialty Care, 77.73% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Wayne County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.21 miles away417 South East Street Corydon Iowa 50060Government - Local(641) 872-2260
  • Lucas County Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.95 miles away1200 North 7th Street Chariton Iowa 50049Voluntary non-profit - Other(641) 774-3000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Wayne County Hospital Esrd0.15 miles away417 S. East St. Corydon Iowa 50060Dialysis Stations: 5 (641) 872-5325

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=165222