Located in West Branch, Iowa, Crestview Specialty Care is the lone nursing home we found in this area. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a relatively poor nursing home. Based on our assessment, we'd be very reluctant to recommend this place. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.
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Crestview Specialty Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Crestview Specialty Care has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- 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
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this nursing home a bad overall grade, we actually gave it a fairly respectable score in the category of inspections, where it received a B-. This was quite a bit better than its other category grades. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Nursing scores are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next best category turned out to be its long-term care score, where it received a grade of C. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 93.96985 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was short-term care. This nursing home was awarded a C for the area. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The last measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 3.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Crestview Specialty Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Crestview Specialty Care, 10.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Crestview Specialty Care, 1.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Crestview Specialty Care, 1.05% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who had UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic can also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Crestview Specialty Care, 7.89% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Crestview Specialty Care, 5.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Crestview Specialty Care, 0.53% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Crestview Specialty Care, 96.56% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Crestview Specialty Care, 13.73% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Crestview Specialty Care, 14.84% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Crestview Specialty Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Crestview Specialty Care, 14.84% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Crestview Specialty Care, 11.56% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Crestview Specialty Care, 83.42% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.08 miles away500 E Market Street Iowa City Iowa 52245Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 339-0300
- University of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsAcute Care Hospitals 10.23 miles away200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City Iowa 52242Government - State(319) 356-1616
Nearby Dialysis
- University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Dialysis10.25 miles away200 Hawkins Drive w336-4az Iowa City Iowa 52242Dialysis Stations: 20 (319) 356-3047
- University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - North Liberty13.64 miles away5 Lions Drive N Liberty Outreach Dialysis Unit North Liberty Iowa 52317Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 467-7190