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Scenic Living Communities

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1409 Fremont Street,
Iowa Falls IA 50126

(641) 648-4671

79.88% estimated occupancy ¹

Scenic Living Communities is an average-sized nursing home located in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the more impressive nursing homes we assessed. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
No Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

One of the reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this critical area. Our inspection grades are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

We also would like to alert you to the fact that this facility received a dominant score of A in our long-term care category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Nurse Quality

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. There are several factors included in this category. Most of these criteria are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving patients at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

The last area we assessed is short-term care. We awarded this facility an acceptable grade in this area, with a C. While this wasn't as high as some of this nursing home's other grades, it is nevertheless not a bad grade. Short-term care grades are commonly used to score a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 3.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Scenic Living Communities Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Scenic Living Communities, 7.46% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Scenic Living Communities, 5.05% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Scenic Living Communities, 1.61% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Scenic Living Communities, 23.44% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Scenic Living Communities, 14.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Scenic Living Communities, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Scenic Living Communities, 98.85% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Scenic Living Communities, 15.45% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Scenic Living Communities, 14.38% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Scenic Living Communities, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Scenic Living Communities, 14.38% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Scenic Living Communities, 16.12% of Patients

This metric 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 gauge patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Scenic Living Communities, 93% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

Hansen Family HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.73 miles away920 South Oak Street Iowa Falls Iowa 50126Government - Local(641) 648-4631
Franklin General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.37 miles away1720 Central Avenue East Hampton Iowa 50441Government - Local(641) 456-5000