Manorcare Health Services -West Des Moines
5010 Grand Ridge Drive, West Des Moines IA 50265 · (515) 222-5991 · 65.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Manorcare Health Services -West Des Moines is one of four available facilities located in West Des Moines, Iowa. This is a fine nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. In fact, we found this facility to be better than the majority of the nursing homes in West Des Moines, which has a city grade of B. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home performed well in our nursing category. We gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the amount of time nurses are caring for patients as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility was given impressive scores in the area of short-term care as well. Indeed, we awarded it one of our strongest grades in that area with a area of A-. In computing our short-term care grades, we size up the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is typically a meaningful measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. This place provided more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in this area with 58.3 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in our inspection category, which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspection reports. We awarded it a grade of B+ for that category, which is one of our highest grades. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we graded is long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of C. This was this nursing home's least impressive category. Our long-term care grade assesses a nursing home's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled nursing or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 90.909096 percent of its patients, which is a few points lower than we were hoping for. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. This nursing home did not excel here either, with 3.85 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number can be skewed for some nursing homes based on the medical complexity of patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Manorcare Health Services -West Des Moines Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better