Fellowship Village is a nursing home in Inwood, Iowa, a city with a total of 1,746 people. This turns out to be a grade A facility, which is a phenomenal grade. In fact, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the top 100 facilities in Iowa. This is an impressive achievement in a state with a long list of elite nursing homes. This nursing home also received consistently good scores in each of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Fellowship Village
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that area with an A. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing rating is based on a variety of factors. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The fourth category we rated was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B+. This finished off a very impressive profile. Few nursing homes earned a B+ or better in all four categories. In our short-term care score, we attempt to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fellowship Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fellowship Village, 6.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fellowship Village, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fellowship Village, 2.97% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fellowship Village, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fellowship Village, 18.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fellowship Village, 4.77% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fellowship Village, 94.58% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fellowship Village, 16.85% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fellowship Village, 20.59% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Fellowship Village, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fellowship Village, 20.59 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center - CahCritical Access Hospitals 6.53 miles away440 North Hiawatha Drive Canton South Dakota 57013Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 764-1400
- Hegg Memorial Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 10.2 miles away1202 21st Avenue Rock Valley Iowa 51247Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 476-8000