Parkridge Specialty Care is the lone option we identified in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A score in this range requires some decent marks. As far as we can see, this nursing home ought to be a solid choice for quite a few people. This place was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Parkridge Specialty Care
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
5800 Ne 12th Avenue,
Pleasant Hill IA 50327
91.88% estimated occupancy 1
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. If it was not for this area, this facility's overall score would have been much lower. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This score is generally a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this nursing home. It fared as well as just about any nursing home with 66.7 percent of its residents returning home. Most places are below 50 percent in this metric.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. Nursing grades are mostly tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a patient at least once a day.
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Facility Inspections
This facility's inspection grade was yet another category grade that was superior to the nursing home's overall grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a B. Inspection scores are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care. We awarded it a C in that area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. In determining our long-term care scores, we size up the personal care received by a facility's patients. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. Unfortunately, this facility vaccinated just 90 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. This nursing home did not excel here either, with 3.34 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes based on the medical complexity of patients.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parkridge Specialty Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 6.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 2.94% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 16.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients which were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 18.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 4.84% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 94.37% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 16.8% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 20.56% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 20.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 11.28 Percentage of Patients
Measures 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
In Parkridge Specialty Care, 79.5% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Iowa Lutheran HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.98 miles away700 East University Avenue Des Moines Iowa 50316Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 263-5612
- Mercyone Des Moines Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.75 miles away1111 6th Ave Des Moines Iowa 50314Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 247-3121
- Iowa Methodist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.17 miles away1200 Pleasant Street Des Moines Iowa 50309Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 241-6212
- Broadlawns Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.61 miles away1801 Hickman Road Des Moines Iowa 50314Government - Local(515) 282-2200
Nearby Dialysis
- East Des Moines Dialysis5.83 miles away1301 Pennsylvania Ave Ste 208 Des Moines Iowa 50316Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 262-5995
- Fmc - Mercy6.32 miles away95 University Ste. 11 Des Moines Iowa 50314Dialysis Stations: 21 (515) 244-0379
- Riverpoint Dialysis Unit6.45 miles away501 Sw 7th St Ste B Des Moines Iowa 50309Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 283-1300
- Central Des Moines Dialysis7.27 miles away1215 Pleasant #106 Des Moines Iowa 50309Dialysis Stations: 20 (515) 241-5715
- Fmc - Dialysis Services Des Moines South8.54 miles away6651 Sw 9th St Des Moines Iowa 50315Dialysis Stations: 19 (515) 285-3032
- Davita Windsor Heights Dialysis11.48 miles away1119 73rd St Windsor Heights Iowa 50324Dialysis Stations: 12 (515) 274-9303
- Ankeny Dialysis11.81 miles away2625 N Ankeny Blvd Ankeny Iowa 50023Dialysis Stations: 12 (515) 963-3174
- West Des Moines Dialysis15.91 miles away6800 Lake Dr #185 West Des Moines Iowa 50266Dialysis Stations: 10 (515) 221-2944