Eastern Star Masonic Home is located in Boone, Iowa. This city has a total of 16,287 people. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B+, which is a strong score. Based on our assessment, this facility looks like a solid choice for most people. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
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Eastern Star Masonic Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are tied to datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we gave this facility an B for our nursing rating. Our nursing score weighs many datapoints, however, the primary consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving patients even once per day.
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Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this nursing home also received favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. In fact, we awarded it one of our better grades in that category, with a score of B. Short-term care ratings are vital for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that 4.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was this nursing home's worst area. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still gave it a respectable grade of B- in our long-term care category. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eastern Star Masonic Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 6.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 6.58% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 0.45% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents who had UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 26.34% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 20.86% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 41.51% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 18.23% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 19.87% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is vital to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 19.87% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 13.16% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Eastern Star Masonic Home, 85.45% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Boone County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.31 miles away1015 Union Street Boone Iowa 50036Government - Local(515) 432-3140
- Mary Greeley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.06 miles away1111 Duff Avenue Ames Iowa 50010Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 239-2011
- Dallas County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.46 miles away610 Tenth Street Perry Iowa 50220Voluntary non-profit - Other(515) 465-3547
Nearby Dialysis
- Ames Mary Greeley Dialysis16.49 miles away2322 E. 13th St. Ames Iowa 50010Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 239-6800
- Perry Dialysis18.45 miles away610 10th St Perry Iowa 50220Dialysis Stations: 8 (515) 465-2657