Pocahontas Manor
700 Nw Seventh Street, Pocahontas IA 50574 · (712) 335-3386 · 47.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Pocahontas, Iowa, Pocahontas Manor is the lone option we identified in this area. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is among the highest ratings we offer. A score of this caliber requires superb marks across the board. We couldn't find many bad things to say about this place. Its ratings are impeccable. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which we will address in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also want to emphasize the fact that this nursing home earned an A for its nursing grade. Our nursing grade is based on a handful of components, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This place provides an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Out of this total, nearly one quarter of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. Finally, this nursing home also excelled in several quality-based metrics we looked at. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by providing better nursing care and a policy of moving residents even once per day.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was short-term care. This nursing home was given an impressive short-term care grade, with a B+ in the area. Our short-term care grade is often employed to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services To have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. One reason for this nursing home's strong grade in this area is it offers more care from registered nurses than the average nursing home. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 42.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home rather than remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last category, this nursing home was awarded a highly favorable long-term care grade. We gave it a B+ in this category, wrapping up one of our more impressive report cards. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a dangerous ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. This nursing home was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.69 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pocahontas Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better