Qhc Humboldt South

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received an elite short-term care grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an impressive grade of A-. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

This facility also excelled in inspections. We gave it an A- for that area, which is one of our highest grades. This is one of the few facilities with an overall score in this range which received multiple category grades this high. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing score is based on many factors, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.2 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 place Iowa in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a patient more frequently.

Our next category is long-term care, in which we awarded this nursing home a grade of C in that category. Our long-term care grades are more important for patients requiring more traditional assistance associated with activities of daily living. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 96 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.67 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not too bad.