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Heritage Specialty Care

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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Heritage Specialty Care's website

200 Clive Drive Sw,
Cedar Rapids IA 52404

(319) 396-7171

72.68% estimated occupancy 1

Heritage Specialty Care is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This city has a total of 134,152 people. Featuring an overall score of C, this looks like a respectable nursing home. Based on our assessment, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next section.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Lymphedema Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

We would like to point out that this nursing home's short-term care score exceeded its overall grade. This facility received a B+ in this category, which is a strong score. In determining our short-term care grades, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is considered to be a solid assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

This facility actually received a solid inspection report this year as well, with few major dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it earned one of our better grades in that category with a B-. We were surprised this nursing home received multiple category grades of this caliber. Inspection scores are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are with patients and the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to our last area, we gave this nursing home a D in the area of long-term care. This was the nursing home's least impressive category score. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 98.713234 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Heritage Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Heritage Specialty Care, 6.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Heritage Specialty Care, 3.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Specialty Care, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Heritage Specialty Care, 17.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Specialty Care, 19.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Heritage Specialty Care, 4.67% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Heritage Specialty Care, 93.67% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Heritage Specialty Care, 17.07% Percentage of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Heritage Specialty Care, 16.9% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Heritage Specialty Care, 1.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Heritage Specialty Care, 16.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Specialty Care, 12.73 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Heritage Specialty Care, 77.73% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Cedar Rapids, IA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Cedar Rapids, Iowa has 5 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.5 miles away1026 a Ave Ne Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 369-7211
  • Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsAcute Care Hospitals 3.56 miles away701 10th Street Se Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 398-6011

Nearby Dialysis

  • Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids3.46 miles away701 10th St Se Dialysis Unit Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403Dialysis Stations: 8 (319) 398-6432
  • Five Seasons Dialysis3.51 miles away1002 4th Avenue Se, Suite A Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (319) 363-1538
  • Mercy Medical Center Dialysis - Mercy Plaza5.59 miles away5264 Council St Ne Suite 200 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Dialysis Stations: 33 (319) 398-6423
  • Cedar Rapids Dialysis5.9 miles away5945 Council St Ne Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 294-7088
  • University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - North Liberty17.28 miles away5 Lions Drive N Liberty Outreach Dialysis Unit North Liberty Iowa 52317Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 467-7190

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=165310