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Elm Heights Care Center

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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1203 South Elm Street,
Shenandoah IA 51601

(712) 246-4627

87.77% estimated occupancy 1

Elm Heights Care Center is located in Shenandoah, Iowa, a city with a population of 6,025 people. Featuring an overall rating of A, this nursing home is one of the best facilities we found. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top fifth of all nursing homes nationally. If you look further down this page, you can see this place's category grades, which are also impressive.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Shenandoah, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Shenandoah, Iowa Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Shenandoah, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Shenandoah, Iowa Awards 2021

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

The next category we looked at was inspections, where this facility also received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. There are many datapoints within this category. Many of the factors relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next category we analyzed proved to be this nursing home's worst category. Nevertheless, even its worst category would be a highlight for most nursing homes. We gave it a favorable grade of B in our short-term care category. With our short-term care assessment, we attempt to create a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Elm Heights Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Elm Heights Care Center, 6.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Elm Heights Care Center, 3.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Elm Heights Care Center, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Elm Heights Care Center, 17.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Elm Heights Care Center, 19.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Elm Heights Care Center, 4.67% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Elm Heights Care Center, 93.67% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Elm Heights Care Center, 17.07% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Elm Heights Care Center, 16.9% Percentage of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to patients health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Elm Heights Care Center, 1.48 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 key to the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Elm Heights Care Center, 16.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Elm Heights Care Center, 12.73 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Shenandoah Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.26 miles away300 Pershing Avenue Shenandoah Iowa 51601Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 246-1230
  • George C Grape Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.2 miles away2959 Us Highway 275 Hamburg Iowa 51640Proprietary(712) 382-1515
  • Clarinda Regional Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 17.54 miles away220 Essie Davison Drive Clarinda Iowa 51632Voluntary non-profit - Other(712) 542-2176

Nearby Dialysis

  • Shenandoah Dialysis0.29 miles away300 Pershing Avenue Shenandoah Iowa 51601Dialysis Stations: 12 (712) 246-5220