Ramsey Village is in Des Moines, Iowa. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score in this range requires favorable scores in most areas. We found this facility to be better than most of the nursing homes in Des Moines, which has a city grade of B. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Ramsey Village
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
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Nurse Quality
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A. Our nursing grade weighs several factors. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning residents even once per day.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor dings aren't necessarily the end of the world.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 4.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a decent grade of C. This turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. Our long-term care grades are more critical for individuals needing more traditional assistance associated with personal care. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 84.549355 percent of its patients. This is several points lower than average. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ramsey Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ramsey Village, 4.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term care patients which suffered from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ramsey Village, 2.15% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents which experienced falls which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ramsey Village, 1.4% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this metric can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ramsey Village, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ramsey Village, 12.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ramsey Village, 3.17% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ramsey Village, 86.99% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ramsey Village, 15.98% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ramsey Village, 20.48% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Ramsey Village, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ramsey Village, 20.48% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ramsey Village, 10% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ramsey Village, 71.37% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Des Moines, IA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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