Scottish Rite Park is a small non-profit nursing home located in Des Moines, Iowa. Featuring an overall score of A+, it turned out to be one of the top three nursing homes in the city. Based on our assessment, this facility is really as good as it gets. Finally, this worked out to be a very consistent nursing home with consistent scores in all of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
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Scottish Rite Park
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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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 Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this facility also performed well in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A+. Few places performed this well in this category. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few facilities to be awarded multiple A+ category grades. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a of A+ for its short-term care grade. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
In the final category, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for our nursing score. This wrapped up a very impressive report card. In calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Iowa in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Scottish Rite Park Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Scottish Rite Park, 4.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Scottish Rite Park, 4.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percent of long-term care residents which had a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Scottish Rite Park, 1% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Scottish Rite Park, 0% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Scottish Rite Park, 17.58% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Scottish Rite Park, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Scottish Rite Park, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Scottish Rite Park, 13.19% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Scottish Rite Park, 18.22% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Scottish Rite Park, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Scottish Rite Park, 18.22% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Scottish Rite Park, 4.6% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 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
In Scottish Rite Park, 63.4% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
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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Nearby Dialysis
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