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Northridge Village

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  • Independent Living
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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3300 George Washington Carver Avenue,
Ames IA 50010

(515) 232-1000

97.1% estimated occupancy 1

Northridge Village is one of just a few nursing homes in Ames, Iowa. With an A- overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the nation. Based on our assessment, you can not go wrong with this nursing home. As you can find below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category scores. It is hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Ames, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Ames, Iowa Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Ames, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Ames, Iowa Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2021

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our nursing rating. Our nursing grade includes a handful of subcategories, however, the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Among its many high-end scores, this facility was given a top-shelf short-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A in this category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is more often than not a useful assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively insignificant. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last category we rated is long-term care. This facility was awarded an above average nursing grade this year, with a B. Although this is not nearly as elite as some of its other category grades, this is still one of our more favorable grades in this category. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Northridge Village Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Northridge Village, 3.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Northridge Village, 3.03% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Northridge Village, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which have experienced a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A+

In Northridge Village, 0% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Northridge Village, 10.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Northridge Village, 1.54% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Northridge Village, 100% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Northridge Village, 11.76% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Northridge Village, 23.25% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Northridge Village, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Northridge Village, 23.25% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Northridge Village, 17.3% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Northridge Village, 73.31% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mary Greeley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.59 miles away1111 Duff Avenue Ames Iowa 50010Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 239-2011
  • Story County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 11.55 miles away640 South 19th Street Nevada Iowa 50201Government - Local(515) 382-2111
  • Boone County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 11.66 miles away1015 Union Street Boone Iowa 50036Government - Local(515) 432-3140

Nearby Dialysis

  • Ames Mary Greeley Dialysis3.78 miles away2322 E. 13th St. Ames Iowa 50010Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 239-6800