Laporte City Specialty Care is a small non-profit nursing home located in La Porte City, Iowa. After receiving an A overall grade, this facility has the distinction of being one of the 100 best nursing homes in Iowa. This is an impressive achievement in a state with a long list of high-end nursing homes. You flat out can't do any better than this nursing home. If you look further down this page, you will see this place's category grades, which are also impressive.
Laporte City Specialty Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving an elite overall grade, this facility earned an A+ inspection rating. This is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can offer a nursing home. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. Our nursing score analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a resident more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our next category, we gave this nursing home a score of A- for its long-term care grade. This is a first-rate rating. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 93.47826 percent of its residents. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final area, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for its short-term care rating. This wrapped up a very impressive profile. In our short-term care category, we strive to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Laporte City Specialty Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this metric can be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which were given antianxiety medication. These medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 4.48% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 94.58% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 19.24% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Laporte City Specialty Care, 79.45% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercyone Waterloo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.22 miles away3421 West Ninth Street Waterloo Iowa 50702Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 272-8000
- Virginia Gay HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.08 miles away502 North 9th Avenue Vinton Iowa 52349Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 472-6200
- Allen HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.69 miles away1825 Logan Avenue Waterloo Iowa 50703Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 235-3941
- Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.51 miles away515 College Street Cedar Falls Iowa 50613Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 268-3000
- Buchanan County Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 19.64 miles away1600 First St East Independence Iowa 50644Voluntary non-profit - Other(319) 332-0999
Nearby Dialysis
- Black Hawk Dialysis12.23 miles away3421 W 9th St Waterloo Iowa 50702Dialysis Stations: 18 (319) 272-8700
- Cedar Valley Dialysis Center13.79 miles away1661 W. Ridgeway Waterloo Iowa 50701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (319) 226-6425
- Mercy Dialysis - Vinton13.99 miles away502 North 9th Avenue Dialysis Unit Vinton Iowa 52349Dialysis Stations: 5 (319) 472-6359
- Buchanan County Dialysis19.67 miles away1600 1st Street East Independence Iowa 50644Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 334-7437