Odebolt Specialty Care is a small non-profit facility in Odebolt, Iowa. It looks like this nursing home is among the more impressive nursing homes we looked at. A grade in this range requires very strong marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the nation. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Odebolt Specialty Care
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
801 South Des Moines Street,
Odebolt IA 51458
71.84% estimated occupancy 1
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. This place was also able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Although it had 1.75 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most nursing homes due to it having some more complicated patients.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also was awarded favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we gave them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a score of B. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we scored was this nursing home's weakest category. However, even in its weakest link we still gave it a respectable grade of B- in our nursing category. When computing a facility's nursing score, we assess the amount of time nurses commit to patients as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a relatively low total compared with most other nursing homes. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused metrics. We like to look at the percent of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these issues.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Odebolt Specialty Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 6.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients who suffered falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 2.94% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 16.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 18.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 4.84% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 94.37% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 16.8% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 20.56% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Odebolt Specialty Care, 20.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Nearby Hospitals
- Horn Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 11.17 miles away701 E 2nd St Ida Grove Iowa 51445Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 364-3311
- Loring HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.77 miles away211 Highland Avenue PO Box 217 Sac City Iowa 50583Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 662-7105