Qhc Fort Dodge Villa
2721 10th Avenue North, Fort Dodge IA 50501 · (515) 576-7525 · 68.13% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Qhc Fort Dodge Villa is an average-sized nursing home located in Fort Dodge, Iowa. With a terrible overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. This facility didn't have much going for it. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 107 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. In computing our nursing scores, we analyze both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. On top of ranking poorly in terms of nursing hours offered, this facility also lagged behind in certain datapoints that focus on quality of care. This nursing home's nursing rating was pulled down by poor performance in the area of minimizing pressure ulcers. We found that 18.3 percent of this place's residents were suffering from pressure ulcers. This is at least double the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
We were also stunned to find that this nursing home earned a decent short-term care grade in our assessment. We awarded it a C in this area. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its level of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The real question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who returned home from the facility. We found that just 39.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
We wanted to note that this facility received a lowly F for its inspection grade. An F in this category is very concerning because it generally points to red flags on the facility's inspections. We would advise paying close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection grade. We would pay close attention to the level of severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 8 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, we also want to point out that this place was assessed large government fines amounting to over $100,000. This often suggests that a facility's bad track record spanned more than one year.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last category, this nursing home really didn't perform well in this category either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. For prospective residents looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.46154 percent of its patients, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. The last datapoint we looked at was its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place didn't fare quite as well here, with 1.94 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Qhc Fort Dodge Villa Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better