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Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center's website

900 Polk Boulevard,
Des Moines IA 50312

(515) 255-5433

72.36% estimated occupancy 1

Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center is located in Des Moines, Iowa. This nursing home was given an overall rating of A-. In fact, this is one of the five highest graded facilities in Des Moines. You really can not do any better than this nursing home. If you scroll down, you can see this facility's category scores, which are also quite good.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. In computing our nursing grades, we factor in both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a resident more often.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home was given a favorable short-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area with a grade of B+. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad spectrum 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 skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next area we analyzed was long-term care. In this category, we awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 61.11111 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat below what we anticipated but still a respectable figure. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 6.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 1.67% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of long-term patients which have suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 1.7% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 15.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 7.14% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 4.76% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 73.48% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 16.67% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 26.39% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 26.39% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 13.81% of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, 70.73% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Des Moines, IA

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

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