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Lake Mills Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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406 South Tenth Avenue East,
Lake Mills IA 50450

(641) 592-4900

60.89% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Lake Mills, Iowa, Lake Mills Care Center is the lone nursing home located there. We gave this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. This is really as good of a nursing home as you're going to find. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Bariatric Care
  • Colostomy Care
  • Lymphedema Care

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

On top of faring well in its overall grade, this facility received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in that area with an A. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also would like to point out the fact that this facility was given a strong grade of A- in our long-term care category. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 99.45652 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a deadly ailment for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. When computing a facility's nursing rating, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients and the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home 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 state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a patient more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Switching gears to our last area, this nursing home was given an acceptable short-term care score. While this is not as strong as some of its other category grades, this is really not a bad grade. Our short-term care scores are presumably most critical for those in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 4.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Lake Mills Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Lake Mills Care Center, 3.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Lake Mills Care Center, 8.15% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Lake Mills Care Center, 1.11% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic may also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Lake Mills Care Center, 22.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents which were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Lake Mills Care Center, 3.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Lake Mills Care Center, 7.47% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents showing symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Lake Mills Care Center, 99.73% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Lake Mills Care Center, 14.89% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Lake Mills Care Center, 20.49% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Lake Mills Care Center, 0.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Lake Mills Care Center, 20.49% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Lake Mills Care Center, 3.85% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Lake Mills Care Center, 81.58% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAcute Care Hospitals 18.43 miles away404 West Fountain Street Albert Lea Minnesota 56007Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 377-6452

Nearby Dialysis

  • Mayo Dialysis - Albert Lea17.48 miles away1705 Se Broadway Attn: Dialysis Albert Lea Minnesota 56007CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (507) 377-5920