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Keosauqua Health Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Keosauqua Health Care Center's website

819 Country Lane Road,
Keosauqua IA 52565

(319) 293-3761

90.16% estimated occupancy ¹

Keosauqua Health Care Center is a small nursing home located in Keosauqua, Iowa. Sporting an overall rating of C, this is likely a decent nursing home. Based on our analysis, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its strong inspection score, which we will address in the next section.

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Audiology
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Catheter Care

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Facility Inspections

To pair with its relatively modest overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. This grade is far better than its overall rating. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Long-term Care Quality

The next best area we gave this facility in any category came in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our long-term care grade is often used to measure a nursing home's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. Our nursing grade analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a low total compared to most nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility actually excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

The final category we graded is short-term care, which was this nursing home's weakest area. We gave it a lowly F for this area, which is obviously very disappointing. Our short-term care grade is generally used to gauge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Not surprisingly, we learned that this facility offers substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Keosauqua Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 4.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 2.51% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 0.56% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents which suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 12.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 22.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 0.53% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are showing signs of depression. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 99.52% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 19.53% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 22.82% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 22.82% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 13.56% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Keosauqua Health Care Center, 70.42% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Van Buren County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.49 miles away304 Franklin Street Keosauqua Iowa 52565Government - Local(319) 293-3171
Jefferson County Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 17.3 miles away2000 S Main Fairfield Iowa 52556Government - Local(641) 472-4111