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Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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400 Sergeant Square Drive,
Sergeant Bluff IA 51054

(712) 943-2350

86.36% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab is a small nursing home located in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. This facility received an overall grade of D 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 Sergeant Bluff. The city has just one other nursing home. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa Awards 2020

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we were not high on this facility overall, we gave it a B- for inspections. This score is more respectable than the facility's overall score. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we awarded this facility an B-. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we look at the number of hours nurses are with patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, while this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it did very well in this statistic.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next category we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B- in this area. In computing our short-term care grades, we size up the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is considered to be a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The real question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Our final category is long-term care, in which we gave this facility a B- in this category. In calculating our long-term care scores, we scrutinize the personal care offered to a facility's patients. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 4.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have sustained falls leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 0.67% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 16.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 9.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 0% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 98.08% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 18.49% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 19.19% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 19.19% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 24% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Pioneer Valley Living and Rehab, 75.98% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercy Medical Center-Sioux CityAcute Care Hospitals 7.31 miles away801 5th St Sioux City Iowa 51101Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 279-2010
  • St Lukes Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.94 miles away2720 Stone Park Boulevard Sioux City Iowa 51104Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 279-3500

Nearby Dialysis

  • Sioux City Dialysis4.27 miles away5865 Sunnybrook Dr Sioux City Iowa 51106Dialysis Stations: 12 (712) 274-8068
  • Siouxland Dialysis5.03 miles away2530 Glenn Ave. Sioux City Iowa 51106Dialysis Stations: 24 (712) 266-1000
  • Fresenius Medical Care Dakota Dunes, LLC9.06 miles away357 W Tower Rd North Sioux City South Dakota 57049Dialysis Stations: 5 (605) 232-1901
  • Fmc Midwest Dialysis10.2 miles away4000 Indian Hills Dr Sioux City Iowa 51108CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (712) 239-4333
  • Carl T Curtis Dialysis Clinic19.35 miles awayAttn Dialysis Unit 100 Indian Hills Dr Macy Nebraska 68039Dialysis Stations: 12 (402) 837-5381