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Martin Suites

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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420 East 11th Street,
Cedar Falls IA 50613

94.6% estimated occupancy 1

Martin Suites is one of five available nursing homes in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It looks like this nursing home is one of the highest-graded facilities we found. It received one of the best grades we offer. This turned out to be the top nursing home in Cedar Falls. If you look below, you will see this place's category scores, which look to be equally strong as its overall rating.

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Quick Details

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

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

We also wanted to note the fact that this nursing home was awarded a top-shelf grade of A in our long-term care category. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 97.2028 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the nursing home population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. We looked at the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with residents, in determining our grade in this category. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning to the last category, this facility received an extremely favorable short-term care rating. We gave it a grade of A- in that category, rounding out a straight A profile. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Martin Suites Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Martin Suites, 5.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Martin Suites, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Martin Suites, 0.71% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Martin Suites, 21.37% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Martin Suites, 29.03% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Martin Suites, 10.53% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Martin Suites, 98.02% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Martin Suites, 17.89% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Martin Suites, 13.63% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Martin Suites, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Martin Suites, 13.63% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Martin Suites, 63.04% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Scores for Cedar Falls, 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-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? Cedar Falls, Iowa has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.84 miles away515 College Street Cedar Falls Iowa 50613Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 268-3000
  • Allen HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.26 miles away1825 Logan Avenue Waterloo Iowa 50703Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 235-3941
  • Mercyone Waterloo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.6 miles away3421 West Ninth Street Waterloo Iowa 50702Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 272-8000
  • Waverly Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 13.64 miles away312 9th Street Sw Waverly Iowa 50677Government - Local(319) 352-4120

Nearby Dialysis

  • Cedar Valley Dialysis Center4.99 miles away1661 W. Ridgeway Waterloo Iowa 50701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (319) 226-6425
  • Black Hawk Dialysis6.6 miles away3421 W 9th St Waterloo Iowa 50702Dialysis Stations: 18 (319) 272-8700
  • Cedar Valley Waverly Dialysis13.68 miles away220 10th Street Sw Waverly Iowa 50677Dialysis Stations: 16 (319) 226-6425