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Whispering Heights

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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2116 14th Street,
Rock Valley IA 51247

(712) 476-8200

86% estimated occupancy 1

Whispering Heights is the sole option we identified in Rock Valley, Iowa. Sporting an overall rating of A, this facility is among the highest-graded nursing homes we assessed. In addition, this is a hospital-based nursing home, which may add peace of mind for prospective residents with significant health conditions. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's exemplary profile is its long-term care grade. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • No Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Other
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Colostomy Care

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our shot-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. After we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.004974 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a dangerous illness for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this facility an A for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also received a impressive short-term care score. This actually is this nursing home's third most impressive category grade. In that area, this facility received a score of A-. In our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the last category we looked at, this nursing home was awarded a very favorable grade of A- in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility completed a straight A report card. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care 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

Whispering Heights Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Whispering Heights, 7.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Whispering Heights, 7.46% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Whispering Heights, 4.98% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Whispering Heights, 11.44% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for a variety of conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Whispering Heights, 9.2% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Whispering Heights, 2.14% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Whispering Heights, 99.5% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Whispering Heights, 16.98% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Whispering Heights, 31.18% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Whispering Heights, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Whispering Heights, 31.18% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

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