Hawkeye Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Dubuque, Iowa. We awarded this nursing home a first-rate overall score of A. Consequently, it is among the better nursing homes in Dubuque. This is impressive given that the city features plenty of very solid nursing homes. Despite Dubuque offering 10 other nursing homes to select from, this one stands out as a quality selection. This facility also received consistently good grades in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
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Hawkeye Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite nursing home overall, this nursing home performed well in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few places performed this well in this category. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Nursing grades are mostly tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Moving on our next category, we gave this facility a score of A for its short-term care score. This is a superb score. Short-term care ratings are crucial for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a B. Believe it or not, this proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. A nursing home could be doing a lot worse when their lowest score still is better than most other nursing homes. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.07834 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 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.
Hawkeye Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hawkeye Care Center, 2.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hawkeye Care Center, 2.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hawkeye Care Center, 7.11% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which have had a UTI. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hawkeye Care Center, 15.02% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hawkeye Care Center, 11.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hawkeye Care Center, 3.37% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many believe this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hawkeye Care Center, 98.63% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hawkeye Care Center, 16.85% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hawkeye Care Center, 21.69% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Hawkeye Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hawkeye Care Center, 21.69% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hawkeye Care Center, 5.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hawkeye Care Center, 72.43% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Scores for Dubuque, IA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Dubuque, Iowa has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Finley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.6 miles away350 North Grandview Avenue Dubuque Iowa 52001Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 582-1881
- Mercyone Dubuque Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.28 miles away250 Mercy Drive Dubuque Iowa 52001Voluntary non-profit - Church(563) 589-8000
- Midwest Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.76 miles away1 Medical Center Drive Galena Illinois 61036Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 777-1340
- Mercyone Dyersville Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 19 miles away1111 3rd Street Sw Dyersville Iowa 52040Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 875-7101
Nearby Dialysis
- Tri- State Dialysis - Dubuque3.71 miles away1500 Delhi St #2100 Dubuque Iowa 52001CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (563) 589-4033