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Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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9225 Cascade Avenue,
West Des Moines IA 50266

(515) 978-2395

94% estimated occupancy 1

Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community is one of four facilities located in West Des Moines, Iowa. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is one of our best grades. This facility turned out to be one of the better nursing homes in West Des Moines, which has a strong selection of nursing homes. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong profile was its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Aquatic Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in West Des Moines, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in West Des Moines, Iowa Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in West Des Moines, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in West Des Moines, Iowa Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in West Des Moines, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in West Des Moines, Iowa Awards 2021

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Short-term care ratings are important for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection scores are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's government inspections. Places that receive favorable grades in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we assess the amount of time nurses are seeing residents and the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The final category we graded is nursing, proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in that area. This really is one of the few dings of a very solid profile. For residents in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 97.64706 percent of its residents, which is an above average total. To our surprise, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 5.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 5.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 1.22% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 15.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients that were administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 10.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 3.75% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 96.65% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 1.3% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 19.38% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 19.38% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 7% of Patients

Measures 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

Grade: D

In Edgewater, a Wesleylife Community, 66.29% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for West Des Moines, IA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? West Des Moines, Iowa has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Iowa Methodist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.72 miles away1200 Pleasant Street Des Moines Iowa 50309Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 241-6212
  • Broadlawns Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.85 miles away1801 Hickman Road Des Moines Iowa 50314Government - Local(515) 282-2200
  • Mercyone Des Moines Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.25 miles away1111 6th Ave Des Moines Iowa 50314Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 247-3121
  • Iowa Lutheran HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.01 miles away700 East University Avenue Des Moines Iowa 50316Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 263-5612
  • Madison County Health Care SystemCritical Access Hospitals 18.25 miles away300 West Hutchings Street Winterset Iowa 50273Government - Local(515) 462-2373

Nearby Dialysis

  • West Des Moines Dialysis3.15 miles away6800 Lake Dr #185 West Des Moines Iowa 50266Dialysis Stations: 10 (515) 221-2944
  • Davita Windsor Heights Dialysis6.84 miles away1119 73rd St Windsor Heights Iowa 50324Dialysis Stations: 12 (515) 274-9303
  • Central Des Moines Dialysis10.62 miles away1215 Pleasant #106 Des Moines Iowa 50309Dialysis Stations: 20 (515) 241-5715
  • Fmc - Dialysis Services Des Moines South11.07 miles away6651 Sw 9th St Des Moines Iowa 50315Dialysis Stations: 19 (515) 285-3032
  • Riverpoint Dialysis Unit11.4 miles away501 Sw 7th St Ste B Des Moines Iowa 50309Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 283-1300
  • Fmc - Mercy11.68 miles away95 University Ste. 11 Des Moines Iowa 50314Dialysis Stations: 21 (515) 244-0379
  • East Des Moines Dialysis12.18 miles away1301 Pennsylvania Ave Ste 208 Des Moines Iowa 50316Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 262-5995
  • Ankeny Dialysis18.34 miles away2625 N Ankeny Blvd Ankeny Iowa 50023Dialysis Stations: 12 (515) 963-3174