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Elmwood Care Centre

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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222 North 15th Street,
Onawa IA 51040

(712) 423-2510

77.22% estimated occupancy 1

Elmwood Care Centre is a senior living facility located in Onawa, Iowa, which has a population of 3,712 people. This facility was given a rock bottom overall grade based on the data we assessed. This nursing home is about as bad as it gets. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

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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

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Although we gave this nursing home a terrible overall grade, we awarded it an A- for our inspections score. This score is far more impressive than the nursing home's overall grade. Our inspection scores are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these reports. You should especially avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. This place received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This facility ended up receiving a a terrible score in our long-term care category. It was given an F in this category. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. One of the datapoints we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to only 57.419353 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. In calculating our nursing scores, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This statistic is far below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last category we rated is short-term care, where this nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade here as well. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this area, which is definitely a major disappointment. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Given its poor grade in this category, we weren't surprised to discover that this place provides significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.5 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Elmwood Care Centre Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Elmwood Care Centre, 13.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Elmwood Care Centre, 1.94% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Elmwood Care Centre, 0.65% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Elmwood Care Centre, 16.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used to treat several conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Elmwood Care Centre, 18.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Elmwood Care Centre, 5.67% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression may indicate lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Elmwood Care Centre, 73.45% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Elmwood Care Centre, 22.07% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Elmwood Care Centre, 23.6% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Elmwood Care Centre, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Elmwood Care Centre, 23.6% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Elmwood Care Centre, 11.92% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Elmwood Care Centre, 86.18% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Burgess Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.75 miles away1600 Diamond Street Onawa Iowa 51040Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 423-2311

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dialysis Clinic Inc. - Onawa0.75 miles away1620 Diamond St Place Onawa Iowa 51040Dialysis Stations: 12 (712) 433-9720
  • Carl T Curtis Dialysis Clinic14 miles awayAttn Dialysis Unit 100 Indian Hills Dr Macy Nebraska 68039Dialysis Stations: 12 (402) 837-5381

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=165256