Grundy Care Center

Grundy Care Center is one of just a couple available nursing homes located in Grundy Center, Iowa. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack rating. In our view, this facility looks like a solid choice for most people. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its exemplary inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection score. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave this facility a grade of A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

We also wanted to note that this facility earned an B+ in nursing. Our nursing score is largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics 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.

The third category we assessed is short-term care, where this nursing home received a C in this category. Our short-term care ratings are important for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

This nursing home's least impressive category is long-term care, which is the final area we looked at. We gave it an F for this category. Even with a few respectable grades in other categories, this score is still alarming so we would like to to draw your attention to it. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 95.68966 percent of its residents, which is higher than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.41 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.