Keota Health Care Center

In addition to performing well overall, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with a grade of A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also was superb in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of A-. Very few nursing homes performed better in this category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Turning to the next category, this facility also received a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this category. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

In the last category, we gave this facility a A+ for our nursing rating. This rounded out an elite report card. Our nursing rating focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility 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 Iowa in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving a resident more frequently.