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Prairie Gate

  • Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
Jul 21: AAug 21: ASep 21: AOct 21: ANov 21: AJan 22: A-Feb 22: A-Mar 22: B+Apr 22: A-May 22: A-Jun 22: A-Aug 22: B+Sep 22: B+Oct 22: BNov 22: BJan 23: BFeb 23: BMar 23: BApr 23: B+
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16 Valley View Drive,
Council Bluffs IA 51503

(712) 352-6600

Prairie Gate is a small non-profit facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa. With an B+ overall grade, we rated this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. This facility definitely has plenty going for it. This facility also received impressive grades in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our inspection scores are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. We weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an B+. The nursing grade assesses several factors, however, the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The next area we graded was long-term care. This facility was awarded an impressive long-term care grade, with a B+ in this area. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. It doesn't appear that this nursing home provided vaccination data. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next category we scored was short-term care. We awarded this facility one of our more favorable scores in this area, with a grade of B. This nursing home turned out to be very solid in all areas we analyzed. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Prairie Gate Quality Metrics

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Prairie Gate, 93.67% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.