Franklin General Hospital
1720 Central Avenue East, Hampton IA 50441 · (641) 456-5000 · 76.53% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Franklin General Hospital is a small hospital-based nursing home located in Hampton, Iowa. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this is without a doubt a high quality nursing home. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the United States. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong report card is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 52 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize that this nursing home has received near flawless government inspections recently. We awarded them an A+ in this area. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. There are numerous factors included in this grade. Many of these datapoints relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides an impressive 4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed was short-term care. This facility was given an impressive short-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in the category. Our short-term care grades are crucial for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is this nursing home's worst area. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still gave it an acceptable grade of C for long-term care. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the very respectable level of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this facility, we also were pleased by the nursing home's record for vaccinations. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 98.888885 percent of its residents, which is very respectable. This combination proved to be successful as this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Franklin General Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better