With an address in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Newaldaya Lifescapes is one of five available nursing homes in this area. This turns out to be an A rated facility, which is one of the highest grades that we offer. This facility turned out to be one of the better nursing homes in the city, which has a good selection of facilities. As you can find below, this nursing home performed just as well in our category ratings. In fact, we gave it straight A's!
Newaldaya Lifescapes
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Lymphedema Care
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this area. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was elite in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Only a select group of nursing homes fared better in this category. Our short-term care ratings are likely most meaningful for those in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the final area, this nursing home was given a very strong long-term care grade. We awarded it an A- in that area, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.51574 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Newaldaya Lifescapes Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically used to treat patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 4.48% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 94.58% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 19.24% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 11.86 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Newaldaya Lifescapes, 79.45% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Scores for Cedar Falls, IA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- 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 1.5 miles away515 College Street Cedar Falls Iowa 50613Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 268-3000
- Allen HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.66 miles away1825 Logan Avenue Waterloo Iowa 50703Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 235-3941
- Mercyone Waterloo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.19 miles away3421 West Ninth Street Waterloo Iowa 50702Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 272-8000
- Waverly Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 14.66 miles away312 9th Street Sw Waverly Iowa 50677Government - Local(319) 352-4120
- Grundy County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.27 miles away201 East J Avenue Grundy Center Iowa 50638Voluntary non-profit - Other(319) 824-5421
Nearby Dialysis
- Cedar Valley Dialysis Center4.38 miles away1661 W. Ridgeway Waterloo Iowa 50701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (319) 226-6425
- Black Hawk Dialysis6.2 miles away3421 W 9th St Waterloo Iowa 50702Dialysis Stations: 18 (319) 272-8700
- Cedar Valley Waverly Dialysis14.71 miles away220 10th Street Sw Waverly Iowa 50677Dialysis Stations: 16 (319) 226-6425