Keystone Nursing Care Center is a small nursing home located in Keystone, Iowa. This nursing home received an overall grade of B, which is favorable score. This facility definitely has plenty going for it. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Keystone Nursing Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially want to emphasize its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A+ in this category. Inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to this facility's list of achievements, it also was given a very favorable long-term care grade. We awarded them a dominant grade of A- in this area. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.4186 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. We weighed the licensure of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in computing our score in this category. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's weakest area was short-term care, which is the last category we assessed. For this area, we awarded this nursing home a D. With our short-term care category, we endeavor to forge a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we discovered that this nursing home offers fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics doomed this nursing home's short-term care score.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Keystone Nursing Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 4.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 0.58% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 0.61% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care residents which experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 4.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 10.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 97.54% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 10.07% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 16.51% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 16.51% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 8.35% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Keystone Nursing Care Center, 70.75% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some believe this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Virginia Gay HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.12 miles away502 North 9th Avenue Vinton Iowa 52349Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 472-6200
- Compass Memorial HealthcareCritical Access Hospitals 15.36 miles away300 W May St Marengo Iowa 52301Voluntary non-profit - Other(319) 642-5543
Nearby Dialysis
- Mercy Dialysis - Vinton15.22 miles away502 North 9th Avenue Dialysis Unit Vinton Iowa 52349Dialysis Stations: 5 (319) 472-6359
- River Valley Dialysis15.32 miles away255 W Lucas St Marengo Iowa 52301Dialysis Stations: 6 (319) 642-8052