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Guttenberg Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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1315 Acre Street,
Guttenberg IA 52052

38.49% estimated occupancy 1

Guttenberg Care Center is a facility located in Guttenberg, Iowa, a city with a population of 3,136 people. We awarded this facility an A+ overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percentile of all facilities in the country. This is just about as good of a place as you'll find. We also gave this facility impressive scores in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Hemodialysis
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Bariatric Care
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Aquatic Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

On the list of its many impressive scores, this facility was given a top-shelf long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 93.44262 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is somewhat less than we anticipated but still a decent figure. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also was superb in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Very few nursing homes fared better in this category. With our short-term care grade, we try to craft a fair measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the final category we assessed, this nursing home was given a very strong grade of A- in our nursing category. With this grade, the nursing home wrapped up a straight A profile. When computing our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as reliable measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Guttenberg Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Guttenberg Care Center, 3.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Guttenberg Care Center, 5.74% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Guttenberg Care Center, 4.67% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have suffered from UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Guttenberg Care Center, 37.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Guttenberg Care Center, 20.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Guttenberg Care Center, 8.74% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Guttenberg Care Center, 95.9% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Guttenberg Care Center, 19.23% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Guttenberg Care Center, 10.11% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Guttenberg Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Guttenberg Care Center, 10.11% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Guttenberg Care Center, 92.71% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Guttenberg Municipal HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.52 miles away200 Main Street Guttenberg Iowa 52052Government - Local(563) 252-1121
  • Crossing Rivers Health Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 16.22 miles away37868 Us Hwy 18 Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin 53821Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 357-2000
  • Mercy One Elkader Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 16.55 miles away901 Davidson Street Nw Elkader Iowa 52043Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 245-7000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - Prairie Du Chien18.36 miles away610 E Taylor St Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin 53821Dialysis Stations: 12 (608) 326-3325