Grandview Heights
910 East Olive, Marshalltown IA 50158 · (641) 752-4581 · 74.12% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Grandview Heights is a nursing home located in Marshalltown, Iowa, a city with a total of 31,591 people. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a decent grade. You can definitely do worse than this place. The best part of this place's profile is its exemplary inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 109 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this nursing home really outperformed its overall grade in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in that area with an A. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
One of this facility's more respectable category scores was in the area of long-term care. This turned out to be its second most respectable category. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After we finished assessing the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 99.03846 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. When calculating a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents and the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this statistic. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a resident at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is short-term care, proved to be this facility's worst area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. This really was one of the couple of dings in a very solid profile. With our short-term care category, we seek to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, we discovered that this place offered less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We were surprised to find that it performed better in this area, with 50.6 percent of its patients returning home. This was just about this nursing home's sole highlight in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grandview Heights Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a fall resulting in major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents that sustained UTI's. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some believe that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better