Pleasantview Home is in Kalona, Iowa. This city has a total of 5,645 people. This facility is among the top nursing homes we looked at. This facility was given one of the highest grades we offer. In fact, this facility has the distinction of being one of the top 100 nursing homes in Iowa. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of elite nursing homes. This place also received consistently good ratings in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Pleasantview Home
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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
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.45652 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that area with an A-. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing score considers several subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving patients more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final area, we gave this facility a grade of A- for our short-term care score. This topped off a very strong report card. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pleasantview Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pleasantview Home, 3.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pleasantview Home, 6.52% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pleasantview Home, 5.06% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pleasantview Home, 18.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pleasantview Home, 8.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pleasantview Home, 5.03% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pleasantview Home, 99.73% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pleasantview Home, 16.07% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pleasantview Home, 13.49% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Pleasantview Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pleasantview Home, 13.49% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pleasantview Home, 3.93% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pleasantview Home, 78.34% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Washington County Hospital and ClinicsCritical Access Hospitals 14.05 miles away400 East Polk Street Washington Iowa 52353Voluntary non-profit - Other(319) 653-5481
- University of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsAcute Care Hospitals 14.33 miles away200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City Iowa 52242Government - State(319) 356-1616
- Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.14 miles away500 E Market Street Iowa City Iowa 52245Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 339-0300
Nearby Dialysis
- University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - Washington14.04 miles away414 E. Polk St. Washington Iowa 52353Dialysis Stations: 6 (319) 653-4171
- University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Dialysis14.39 miles away200 Hawkins Drive w336-4az Iowa City Iowa 52242Dialysis Stations: 20 (319) 356-3047
- University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - North Liberty17.44 miles away5 Lions Drive N Liberty Outreach Dialysis Unit North Liberty Iowa 52317Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 467-7190