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Heritage House

Nursing Home
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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1200 Brookridge Circle,
Atlantic IA 50022

(712) 243-1850

89.01% estimated occupancy ¹

Heritage House is located in Atlantic, Iowa. With an overall score of B+, this nursing home should work for most people. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this nursing home. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card was its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Atlantic, Iowa Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Atlantic, Iowa Awards 2020

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Facility Inspections

One of the many reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is that it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is just about as good as it gets in this area. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor dings aren't something to panic about.

Nurse Quality

Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Long-term Care Quality

Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our more positive grades in our long-term care category as well, with a grade of B. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

The final area we rated was short-term care. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a solid grade of B-. This actually was this facility's worst category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Heritage House Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Heritage House, 6.85% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Heritage House, 4.98% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay patients which sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Heritage House, 4.04% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Heritage House, 7.46% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Heritage House, 11.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Heritage House, 6.19% of Patients

This is the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Heritage House, 100% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Heritage House, 16.87% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Heritage House, 23.03% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Heritage House, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Heritage House, 23.03% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Heritage House, 18.87% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Heritage House, 79.29% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.