Grand Meadows is a small non-profit nursing home located in Dubuque, Iowa. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective patients. Based on our assessment, this place looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.
Grand Meadows
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our inspection ratings account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing score is largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a resident even once per day.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B. It performed better than most facilities in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 4.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we scored was this nursing home's worst area. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it a respectable grade of B- in long-term care. In computing our long-term care ratings, we look at the assistance with daily living received by the nursing home's patients. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. Unfortunately, this nursing home vaccinated just 81.72043 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this place excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grand Meadows Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Grand Meadows, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Grand Meadows, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who sustained falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Grand Meadows, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Grand Meadows, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who are administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Grand Meadows, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Grand Meadows, 4.48% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Grand Meadows, 94.58% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Grand Meadows, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Grand Meadows, 19.24% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Grand Meadows, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Grand Meadows, 11.86 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Grand Meadows, 79.45% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Dubuque, IA
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
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