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Salem Lutheran Home

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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2027 College Avenue,
Elk Horn IA 51531

(712) 764-4201

65.27% estimated occupancy 1

Salem Lutheran Home is a small non-profit nursing home located in Elk Horn, Iowa. With an overall score of B-, this is likely a decent facility. Based on our ratings, this place has some redeeming qualities. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home received a nursing score which is better than its overall grade. We gave this facility an above average grade of B+ in this area. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are seeing patients and the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility also received a strong short-term care score. As a matter of fact, we gave them a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our more favorable scores. Our short-term care grade is often employed to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

We also found that this facility has received favorable inspections in recent years. In fact, we awarded it a B- in this category. This is better than many facilities in this category. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The last area we rated is long-term care. We gave it a B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. Long-term care ratings are based on the facility's amount of nursing care. This includes a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Salem Lutheran Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Salem Lutheran Home, 3.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Salem Lutheran Home, 2.97% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who have had a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Salem Lutheran Home, 4.59% of Patients had UTIs

This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which sustained a urinary tract infection. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Salem Lutheran Home, 14.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Salem Lutheran Home, 20.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Salem Lutheran Home, 2.07% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Salem Lutheran Home, 94.23% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Salem Lutheran Home, 16.49% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Salem Lutheran Home, 14.91% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Salem Lutheran Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Salem Lutheran Home, 14.91% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Salem Lutheran Home, 14.33% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Salem Lutheran Home, 84.48% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Audubon County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 10.52 miles away515 Pacific Avenue Audubon Iowa 50025Government - Local(712) 563-2611
  • Cass County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.71 miles away1501 East Tenth Street Atlantic Iowa 50022Government - Local(712) 243-3250
  • Myrtue Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 14.26 miles away1213 Garfield Avenue Harlan Iowa 51537Voluntary non-profit - Other(712) 755-5161

Nearby Dialysis

  • Atlantic Dialysis13.72 miles away1500 E 10th Street Ste B Atlantic Iowa 50022Dialysis Stations: 6 (712) 243-7485
  • Harlan Dialysis14.31 miles away1213 Garfield Avenue Harlan Iowa 51537Dialysis Stations: 6 (712) 755-4257

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=165155