Located in West Burlington, Iowa, Great River Klein Center is the only nursing home we were able to find in this area. With an A overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. We can not find many bad things to say about this place. Its ratings are as good as they get. As you can see below, this nursing home also performed well in our category scores. It's hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
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Great River Klein Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. Unfortunately, we were not able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Without having access to complete deficiency related data for this nursing home, it ended up being a challenge to really evaluate it in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its top-shelf profile, this facility also performed well in our short-term care area. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for the category. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Nursing scores are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we rated was long-term care. We awarded this facility one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a B. While this was not as strong as many of this nursing home's other grades, it is still a positive score. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 97.98851 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Great River Klein Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Great River Klein Center, 7.22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Great River Klein Center, 2.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Great River Klein Center, 3.74% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care residents that experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Great River Klein Center, 14.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Great River Klein Center, 19.94% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Great River Klein Center, 6.47% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Great River Klein Center, 98.18% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Great River Klein Center, 8.59% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Great River Klein Center, 12.37% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Great River Klein Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Great River Klein Center, 12.37% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Great River Klein Center, 2.63% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Great River Klein Center, 92.06% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Great River Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away1221 South Gear Avenue West Burlington Iowa 52655Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 768-1000
- Fort Madison Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.87 miles away5445 Ave O Fort Madison Iowa 52627Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 372-6530
Nearby Dialysis
- Southeastern Renal Dialysis, Lc - W Burlington0.22 miles away1213 S. Gear West Burlington Iowa 52655CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 758-0691
- Southeastern Renal Dialysis, Lc - Ft Madison16.43 miles away4703 Avenue L Fort Madison Iowa 52627Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 372-7829