Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
2002 Cedar Street, Muscatine IA 52761 · (563) 264-2023 · 72% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a nursing home located in Muscatine, Iowa, which has 30,678 people. Our grading system was not kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall score of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Muscatine. The city has just two other nursing homes. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category scores. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid places that had a long list of deficiencies. This nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an D. Our nursing rating looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility averaged just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This place was above average in two of the metrics we considered, with good marks for avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. These statistics are typically reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility wound up receiving a bottom of the barrel grade in our long-term care category. It was given a lowly F in this category. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the nursing home didn't perform well in our measures relating to patient care. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated just 77.64227 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.69 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded is short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a very poor score. Short-term care grades are important for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 37.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better