Located in Cresco, Iowa, Evans Memorial Home is one of just a couple facilities in this area. This nursing home is an A rated facility, which is one of the best grades that we offer. We ranked this nursing home as one of the 100 best facilities in Iowa, which is a distinguished list. One of the best aspects of this facility's stellar profile is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Evans Memorial Home
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection grade. This grade is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few facilities to be awarded more than one A+ category grades. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. 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 terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed was short-term care, in which this facility was given a B-. This proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. This is still not a terrible score. In determining our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is typically a solid assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. 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 they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Evans Memorial Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Evans Memorial Home, 2.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Evans Memorial Home, 11.54% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Evans Memorial Home, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Evans Memorial Home, 7.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Evans Memorial Home, 14.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Evans Memorial Home, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Evans Memorial Home, 99.34% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Evans Memorial Home, 20.34% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Evans Memorial Home, 9.26% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Evans Memorial Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Evans Memorial Home, 9.26% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Evans Memorial Home, 11.29% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Evans Memorial Home, 75.09% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Regional Health Services of Howard CountyCritical Access Hospitals 0.26 miles away235 8th Avenue West Cresco Iowa 52136Government - Local(563) 547-2101
- Winneshiek Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.26 miles away901 Montgomery Street Decorah Iowa 52101Government - Local(563) 382-2911
Nearby Dialysis
- Mayo Clinic Hosp-Dyls18.26 miles away901 Montgomery St. Decorah Iowa 52101Dialysis Stations: 4 (563) 382-1961