Scenic Manor

Scenic Manor is an average-sized nursing home located in Iowa Falls, Iowa. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the United States. Based on the data we reviewed, you can't go wrong with this facility. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its long-term care score, which is addressed in the next section.

We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 95.8159 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.53 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.

The next category we looked at was inspections, where this facility also received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 nursing home the nation 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 having a protocol of turning a resident more often.

The next area we assessed is short-term care. We gave this nursing home a decent grade in that category, with a C. Although this was not on par with many of its other grades, it is nevertheless not a terrible score. Our short-term care scores are likely more meaningful for patients in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 38.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.