Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Dubuque, Iowa. With an overall score of B-, this is likely a middle of the road facility. While there isn't anything wrong with a B-, we wanted to point out that Dubuque received a city grade of B+ so there are plenty of good options in this city. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its exemplary inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B in that category, which is one of our better scores. Nursing grades are largely associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third area we graded is long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Long-term care grades are crucial for patients seeking non-healthcare services such as personal care. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were concerned by the fact that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 75.96439 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we scored was short-term care, which is this nursing home's worst area. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area, which is obviously a major concern. In computing our short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. It looks like this nursing home was subpar in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the measures we considered. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 4.89% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 4.15% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 4.18% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 17.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 19.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percent of long-term care patients who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 4.36% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 81.42% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 16.89% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 22.53% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 22.53% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 15.33% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 82.5% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Dubuque, IA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Mercyone Dubuque Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.28 miles away250 Mercy Drive Dubuque Iowa 52001Voluntary non-profit - Church(563) 589-8000
- Midwest Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 13.79 miles away1 Medical Center Drive Galena Illinois 61036Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 777-1340
- Southwest Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 19.89 miles away1400 East Side Rd Platteville Wisconsin 53818Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 348-2331
Nearby Dialysis
- Tri- State Dialysis - Dubuque1.68 miles away1500 Delhi St #2100 Dubuque Iowa 52001CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (563) 589-4033