Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv is a small facility located in Estherville, Iowa. This nursing home was given an F, which is really a bottom of the barrel score in our grading scheme. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Estherville. The city has just one other nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category scores. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B+ for our nursing rating. In computing our nursing grades, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 Iowa in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving residents even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this facility only received a D for its short-term care rating, which was actually one of its more favorable category grades. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is frequently a reliable assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. With a score in this range in this category, we weren't surprised to learn that this facility was well below average in two of the key staffing metrics we focus on. The nursing home offered far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 3.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
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Facility Inspections
This facility received an F for its inspection grade. For nursing homes with bad inspection ratings, you should focus on any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular nursing home had 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received large government fines in recent years of more than $100,000. This often means that a bad performance spanned multiple years.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final area, this nursing home really didn't perform very well in this area either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is about as bad as it gets. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated 80 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be several points lower than the national average. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 5.94% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients that suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 44.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 36.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 0.99% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 81.53% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 27.27% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 22.94% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 22.94% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 31.44% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherv, 79.88% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Avera Holy Family HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.09 miles away826 North 8th Street Estherville Iowa 51334Voluntary non-profit - Church(712) 362-2631
- Lakes Regional HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 15.64 miles away2301 Highway 71 Spirit Lake Iowa 51360Voluntary non-profit - Other(712) 336-1230
- Sanford Jackson Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 17.98 miles away1430 North Highway Jackson Minnesota 56143Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 847-2420
Nearby Dialysis
- Warner Dialysis Center16.05 miles away3150 18th St Spirit Lake Iowa 51360Dialysis Stations: 12 (712) 336-2910