Mason City Area Nursing Home
520 North Price Avenue, Mason City IL 62664 · (217) 482-5022 · 84.24% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Mason City Area Nursing Home is the lone option we identified in Mason City, Illinois. This nursing home is a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card was its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 66 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared as well in this area. Inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this facility an A. We scrutinized the levels of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This particular nursing home provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was above the national average. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our third category, this facility also earned a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that it was above average in this area with 54.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated is this facility's weakest category. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still gave it an acceptable grade of C for our long-term care category. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the above average volume of nursing hours provided by this nursing home, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 98.53659 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than many nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.87 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mason City Area Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients who suffered falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better