Holy Spirit Retirement Home
1701 West 25th Street, Sioux City IA 51103 · (712) 252-2726 · 82.12% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Holy Spirit Retirement Home is one of eight facilities located in Sioux City, Iowa. We gave this nursing home a phenomenal overall score of A-. This is one of the better facilities in Sioux City, which offers some very good facilities. You really can not do any better than this facility. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card was its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 94 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. Our nursing score is based on quite a few factors, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provided 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is among the highest totals in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We were very impressed by these statistics. In addition to providing impressive levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed as well as any facility in the nation when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent government inspections. We awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Compounding its remarkable resume, this facility also received a strong short-term care grade, with a score of A-. Our short-term care grades are probably more important for residents requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 42.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final category, this nursing home received a strong long-term care score. We awarded it a grade of B+ in that area, completing one of our more favorable report cards. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to providing very favorable levels of nursing care, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.2674 percent of its patients. This figure is also much better than the majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be successful as this nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.83 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Holy Spirit Retirement Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
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 patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures 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 assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better