Crestview Specialty Care

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Crestview Specialty Care's website

451 West Orange Street,
West Branch IA 52358

(319) 643-2551

95.07% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in West Branch, Iowa, Crestview Specialty Care is the lone nursing home we found in this area. Featuring an overall score of A, this nursing home is ranked among the top nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the United States. If you look below, you can see this facility's category grades, which are also quite good.

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

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
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

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this place an A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. When calculating our nursing grades, we assess both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

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Long-term Care Quality

We also want to note the fact that this nursing home was awarded an elite grade of A- in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the datapoints we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 97.695854 percent of its residents. This is a great way to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Switching gears to our fourth category, this nursing home was given a very strong short-term care score. We gave it a grade of B+ in that category, finishing off one of our more impressive report cards. In our short-term care assessment, we try to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Crestview Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Crestview Specialty Care, 6.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Crestview Specialty Care, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have sustained a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Crestview Specialty Care, 2.97% 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, 16.77% 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, 18.76% 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, 4.77% 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, 94.58% 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, 16.85% Percentage 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, 20.59% Percentage 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, 1.17 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, 20.59 Percentage 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, 11.44 Percentage 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, 79.44% Percentage 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