With an address in Eldora, Iowa, Eldora Specialty Care is the only facility we identified there. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the higher-rated nursing homes we looked at. A grade in this range requires very strong marks across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities in the nation. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.
Eldora Specialty Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility performed well in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A+. Very few places fared this well in this area. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our nursing score is mostly associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 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 nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this area. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.3007 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a life or death health condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home was awarded an extremely favorable short-term care grade. Even though this isn't nearly as impressive as many of its other grades, this is still one of the more impressive scores we offer. With our short-term care category, we strive to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eldora Specialty Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Eldora Specialty Care, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who developed pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Eldora Specialty Care, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients that have had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Eldora Specialty Care, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Eldora Specialty Care, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Eldora Specialty Care, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Eldora Specialty Care, 4.48% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Eldora Specialty Care, 94.58% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Eldora Specialty Care, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Eldora Specialty Care, 19.24% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some argue that mobility is important for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Eldora Specialty Care, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Eldora Specialty Care, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Eldora Specialty Care, 79.45% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Hansen Family HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 12.45 miles away920 South Oak Street Iowa Falls Iowa 50126Government - Local(641) 648-4631
- Grundy County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.83 miles away201 East J Avenue Grundy Center Iowa 50638Voluntary non-profit - Other(319) 824-5421
Nearby Dialysis
- Iowa Falls Mary Greeley Dialysis13.58 miles away701 Washington Ave Iowa Falls Iowa 50126Dialysis Stations: 8 (641) 648-5241