Qhc Mitchellville
114 Carter Street Sw, Mitchellville IA 50169 · (515) 967-3726 · 67.23% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Qhc Mitchellville is the sole option we identified in Mitchellville, Iowa. This nursing home received an overall score of F. In our view, you would be better off to avoid of this nursing home. Even though this nursing home was awarded one reasonable category grade for nursing, which you can find more information about below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 65 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of C for our nursing rating. There are a variety of criteria within this category. Most of these datapoints reflect levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is significantly below average. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Although this facility did not have as many nursing hours as many of the other facilities we looked at, it was still better than average in the area of avoiding falls.
Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this nursing home only received a D for its short-term care grade, which ended up being one of its more favorable category grades. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Given its score in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this facility was well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 37.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics was damning for this facility's short-term care score.
Facility Inspections
We wanted to draw your attention to this place's inspection grade where it received an F. This often means we found red flags on the inspection reports. For facilities that received this bad of an inspection grade, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This facility was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 35 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was long-term care, in which this facility was given an abysmal score in this category also. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this category, which is definitely very concerning. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means the facility didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to resident care. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home administered the vaccine to a relatively low 60.958904 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.78 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Qhc Mitchellville Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have 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 datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better