Genesis Senior Living Center is an average-sized facility in Des Moines, Iowa. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a well below average facility. Not surprisingly, this is ranked as one of the bottom five rated facilities in Des Moines based on the data we assessed. With many other facilities in the city, you may simply want to look elsewhere. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was short-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Genesis Senior Living Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Colostomy Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
While we did not give this nursing home a favorable overall grade, we gave it a strong grade in the category of short-term care, where it received a B. Our short-term care grade is often used to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, although this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this metric.
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Long-term Care Quality
Another unfortunate development is the F this nursing home received in the category of long-term care. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes offer. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated just 57.40741 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Facility Inspections
The last category we assessed is inspections. This nursing home did not receive favorable government inspection reports in recent years. In fact, we gave it an F here. For nursing homes that received this bad of an inspection grade, we recommend scrutinizing the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This facility had 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this place received significant government fines recently of over $100,000. This typically suggests that a nursing home's bad performance spanned several years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Genesis Senior Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 6.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 3.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 17.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 19.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 4.67% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 93.67% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 17.07% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 16.9% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 1.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 16.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 12.73 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Genesis Senior Living Center, 77.73% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Des Moines, IA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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