Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
114 Fisher Street,
Ossian IA 52161
75.65% estimated occupancy 1
Ossian Senior Hospice is a small non-profit facility in Ossian, Iowa. Featuring an overall rating of B-, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. In our view, this facility should be a solid choice for most people. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its remarkable inspection reports, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
To go along with its relatively modest overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
This facility also received a strong short-term care grade. As a matter of fact, we awarded them a grade of B in this category, which happens to be one of our better. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. 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. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B in that category, which is one of our better scores. Our nursing rating focuses on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This 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 often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Switching gears to the final category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D in long-term care. This is the nursing home's weakest category grade. Naturally, this category hurt the facility's overall grade to a certain degree. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinates 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.36 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 6.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents which had falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 2.94% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 16.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 18.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 4.84% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 94.37% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 16.8% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 20.56% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
In Ossian Senior Hospice, 20.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
