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Ridgewood Specialty Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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1977 Albia Road,
Ottumwa IA 52501

(641) 683-3111

89.5% estimated occupancy 1

Ridgewood Specialty Care is a small non-profit facility in Ottumwa, Iowa. This facility received an overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Ottumwa. The city has just two other nursing homes. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, you can continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Lymphedema Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

While we were not high on this facility's overall score, it actually received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A-. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid facilities that have a long list of deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an B-. There are a host of subcategories within this grade. Many of the datapoints reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this metric. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning a patient at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We awarded this nursing home just a D for our short-term care score. This is well below average in this category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This category is frequently a reliable measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Not surprisingly, we found that this facility provides substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Moving on to our next area, this nursing home did not fare well in this category either. With an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this is about as bad as it gets. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 97.47475 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Ridgewood Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 7.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 4.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often associated with poor nursing care. More supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who experienced UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 16.57% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 6.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 1.69% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 94.33% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 10.9% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 13.91% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 13.91% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 7.18% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Ridgewood Specialty Care, 73.14% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Davis County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.4 miles away509 North Madison Street Bloomfield Iowa 52537Government - Local(641) 664-2145
  • Monroe County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.92 miles away6580 165th Street Albia Iowa 52531Voluntary non-profit - Other(641) 932-2134

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Ottumwa0.9 miles away1110 Quincy Ave. # 44 Ottumwa Iowa 52501Dialysis Stations: 16 (641) 682-7137
  • Ottumwa Dialysis3.66 miles away1005 Pennsylvania Ave #101 Ottumwa Iowa 52501Dialysis Stations: 12 (641) 682-1531