Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Dubuque, Iowa. With an overall score of B, this facility is a quality choice. You can definitely do much worse than this nursing home. The best part of this facility's strong report card was its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
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Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- 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
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a patient more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also was given favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded them one of our stronger scores in that category, with a score of B. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 79.503105 percent of its patients, which is a few points below what we expected. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is short-term care. We awarded it a B- in this category. This is a fair grade in this category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is generally a solid assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is 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, 6.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 3.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents which had falls which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 17.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 19.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 4.67% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression may be a sign lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 93.67% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 17.07% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 16.9% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 1.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 16.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 12.73 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Luther Manor Communities - Hillcrest, 77.73% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Finley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.61 miles away350 North Grandview Avenue Dubuque Iowa 52001Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 582-1881
- 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