Hiawatha Care Center
405 North 15th Avenue, Hiawatha IA 52233 · (319) 378-8583 · 93.94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Hiawatha Care Center is an average-sized facility located in Hiawatha, Iowa. This nursing home proved to be a grade A facility, which is a dominant score. Based on our ratings, this place is just about as as good as it gets. Headlining this place's stellar profile is its inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 109 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another reason we rated this facility so highly is that it received an A+ long-term care score. This is simply as dominant as it gets in this category. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.35065 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.64 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also performed well in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A. Only a select group of nursing homes received a better grade in this area. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to return home from the facility. This place fared as well as just about any nursing home in Iowa in this area with 61.9 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the next category, this nursing home also performed admirably in our nursing category. We awarded it a B+ in that category. This wrapped up a very impressive profile. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was above the national average. Lastly, this facility also excelled in several quality measures we looked at. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is often an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and having a policy of turning patients more frequently.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hiawatha Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better