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Northern Mahaska Specialty Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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2401 Crestview Drive,
Oskaloosa IA 52577

(641) 673-3000

86.32% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Northern Mahaska Specialty Care is one of just three facilities in this area. With an overall grade of D, this is a subpar facility. Based on our ratings, this place likely isn't a great fit for most prospective residents. This nursing home's only redeeming feature is its nursing grade, which we provide additional information on below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No 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
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

While we were not very complementary of this facility's overall grade, it actually received an impressive grade of A- in the area of nursing. Nursing ratings are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This facility's second most respectable score was short-term care, but even there it received a grade of just D in that area. This still happens to be a well below average score. In determining these short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Considering its grade in this category, we weren't stunned to find that this place is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the figures we looked at. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Unfortunately, this place received an F for its inspection grade. This is a very important category. Grades in this range generally mean we found some red flags on the facility's government inspection reports. For nursing homes with poor inspection scores, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they caused a risk to patient health or safety. Finally, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received large government fines in recent years totaling over $100,000. This often indicates that a facility's bad performance has been an issue for multiple years.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final area we assessed was long-term care. It received an F for this area, which is a poor score. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility administered the vaccine to 98.38057 percent of its residents, which is a very solid total. Surprisingly, this facility also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Northern Mahaska Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 4.4% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of long-term care residents that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 1.26% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered from a UTI. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 9.52% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 10.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents that are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 0.43% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 95.29% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 19.7% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 20.38% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 20.38% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 6.41% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Northern Mahaska Specialty Care, 73.47% of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mahaska Health PartnershipCritical Access Hospitals 1.38 miles away1229 C Avenue East Oskaloosa Iowa 52577Government - Local(641) 672-3100
  • Pella Regional Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.38 miles away404 Jefferson Street Pella Iowa 50219Voluntary non-profit - Private(641) 628-3150

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Pella Dialysis15.28 miles away1117 Hazel Street Pella Iowa 50219Dialysis Stations: 9 (641) 628-8826