Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
21668 80th Street,
Cresco IA 52136
60.83% estimated occupancy 1
Patty Elwood Center is located in Cresco, Iowa. This city has a population of 5,967 people. With an overall grade of A, we graded this facility as the highest scoring nursing home in Cresco. An overall grade in this range is a strong indicator of a world class facility. Based on our assessment, this place is really as good as it gets. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category scores, which are equally impressive. You really can't do any better than a straight A report card.
In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. There are quite a few factors included in this area. Many of the subcategories are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is among the better figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by these figures. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. By way of illustration, it performed as well as any nursing home in the country in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care offered.
This nursing home also received an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few facilities to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. This is based on the facility's inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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The next category we assessed was long-term care. Contributing to its top-shelf resume, this nursing home also performed well in that category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of of A for the category. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. While we determined this facility had an above average volume of nursing hours provided by nurses and other nursing staff, we found its vaccine statistics to be a bit below average. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 80.30303 percent of its residents. This is a statistic we'd really like to see this facility improve on. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Switching gears to our final category, this nursing home was awarded a highly favorable short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this category, giving this facility straight A's. With our short-term care grade, we attempt to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. One reason for this facility's strong grade in this area is that it provides more care from registered nurses to its patients than a typical facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Patty Elwood Center, 6.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
In Patty Elwood Center, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing care can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
In Patty Elwood Center, 2.94% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients which have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
In Patty Elwood Center, 16.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
In Patty Elwood Center, 18.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
In Patty Elwood Center, 4.84% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.
In Patty Elwood Center, 94.37% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
In Patty Elwood Center, 16.8% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Some would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
In Patty Elwood Center, 20.56% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
In Patty Elwood Center, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
In Patty Elwood Center, 20.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
