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Highland Ridge Care Center

Nursing Home
Independent Living
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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102 Highland Circle,
Williamsburg IA 52361

(319) 668-3800

95.93% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Highland Ridge Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Highland Ridge Care Center is the sole option we were able to find in Williamsburg, Iowa. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A score of this caliber typically indicates some red flags. This place has very little going for it. The only positive thing we can say about this facility is that it did not receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
No Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

Recreational Therapy

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2019

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Facility Inspections

While we did not have many favorable things to say about this place's overall grade, it earned a respectable government inspection report this year. It received a decent grade in this area with a B-. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Nurse Quality

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Nursing scores are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.

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Short-term Care Quality

We also gave this nursing home a middle of the road score in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B-. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The more important thing is determining what effect this had on quality of care. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 3.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Moving on to the last category, this facility was awarded a decent long-term care score of B-. In determining our long-term care ratings, we assess the assistance with daily living offered to the facility's residents. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 92.64706 percent of its patients. This is slightly below what we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Nevertheless, this place excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization 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.

Highland Ridge Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 3.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 6.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients who suffered falls resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 2.5% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percentage of long-term patients which have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 10% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 8.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may imply lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 95.86% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 15.82% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 17.31% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Many would argue that mobility is important for patients physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 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 Highland Ridge Care Center, 17.31% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 8.53% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Highland Ridge Care Center, 88.18% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.