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Newton Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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200 South Eighth Avenue East,
Newton IA 50208

(641) 792-7440

82% estimated occupancy 1

Newton Health Care Center is a small nursing home located in Newton, Iowa. We gave this facility an overall grade of D. A score of this caliber generally suggests some red flags. If you are not satisfied with this facility's rather poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are four other nursing homes in Newton. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category scores. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Although we didn't give this facility a good overall grade, we actually gave it a strong grade in nursing, where it received a B. When determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses commit to patients as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

Surprisingly, this nursing home actually received a good grade in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Not many nursing homes that were this poor overall earned multiple category grades of this caliber. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facilities next most favorable area was short-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this area. This is basically a slightly below average score in this category. In computing our short-term care scores, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is considered to be a fair measure of the facility's rehabilitation. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The last metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Switching gears to the final area, this nursing home really did not perform well in this area either. With a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is really as terrible as it gets. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means the facility didn't perform well in our measures relating to patient care. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated only 87.87879 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Newton Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Newton Health Care Center, 6.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Newton Health Care Center, 0.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who suffered falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Newton Health Care Center, 1.32% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Newton Health Care Center, 19.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Newton Health Care Center, 22.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Newton Health Care Center, 2.24% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Newton Health Care Center, 78.24% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Newton Health Care Center, 21.84% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Newton Health Care Center, 23.15% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Newton Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Newton Health Care Center, 23.15% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Newton Health Care Center, 90.22% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Newton, IA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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

Nearby Hospitals

  • Skiff Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.68 miles away204 N 4th Ave E Newton Iowa 50208Voluntary non-profit - Private(641) 792-1273
  • Grinnell Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.74 miles away210 Fourth Avenue Grinnell Iowa 50112Voluntary non-profit - Private(641) 236-7511

Nearby Dialysis

  • Newton Dialysis0.7 miles away204 N 4th Ave E Suite 134 Newton Iowa 50208Dialysis Stations: 8 (641) 792-2600
  • University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - Grinnell17.25 miles away803 Broad St Grinnell Iowa 50112Dialysis Stations: 9 (641) 236-7419