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UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West's website

1050 4th Avenue Se,
Cedar Rapids IA 52403

(319) 366-8714

75.4% estimated occupancy 1

UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West is one of nine available nursing homes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This is a very respectable facility. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable grade. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Cedar Rapids. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To pair with its favorable overall performance, we gave this nursing home an A for the area of inspections. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home is also strong in the area of long-term care, where it received a score of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this area. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 86.51685 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly less than we were hoping for but still a decent figure. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

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. Our nursing grade is mostly based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared well in this area. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving residents at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Our final area is short-term care, where we awarded this facility a grade of C in that area. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to craft a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 13.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 2.25% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who suffered a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 0.77% of Patients had UTIs

This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents which sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 8.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 17.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 8.05% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 89.81% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 17.02% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 7.82% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 0.38 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 7.82% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Living Center West, 81.28% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Scores for Cedar Rapids, IA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? Cedar Rapids, Iowa has 8 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsAcute Care Hospitals 0.22 miles away701 10th Street Se Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 398-6011
  • St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.3 miles away1026 a Ave Ne Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 369-7211

Nearby Dialysis

  • Five Seasons Dialysis0.06 miles away1002 4th Avenue Se, Suite A Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (319) 363-1538
  • Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids0.21 miles away701 10th St Se Dialysis Unit Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403Dialysis Stations: 8 (319) 398-6432
  • Mercy Medical Center Dialysis - Mercy Plaza3.39 miles away5264 Council St Ne Suite 200 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Dialysis Stations: 33 (319) 398-6423
  • Cedar Rapids Dialysis3.86 miles away5945 Council St Ne Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 294-7088
  • University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - North Liberty17.5 miles away5 Lions Drive N Liberty Outreach Dialysis Unit North Liberty Iowa 52317Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 467-7190

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=165278