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Southridge Specialty Care

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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309 West Merle Hibbs Boulevard,
Marshalltown IA 50158

(641) 752-4553

84.87% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in Marshalltown, Iowa, Southridge Specialty Care is one of four available nursing homes in the area. This nursing home proved to be a middle of the pack facility, with an overall grade of C. This place seems to have some things working in its favor. The best part of this place's profile is its stellar inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

One of this facility's more respectable category grades came in the area of short-term care. This ended up being its second best category. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are presumably more critical for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

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Nurse Quality

Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing score. We gave this facility an impressive grade of D. In determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are seeing patients as well as the levels of training of the nurses. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This place performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

The next category we rated was long-term care, which is this facility's worst category. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this category, which is certainly very concerning. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 96.911194 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few 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.

Southridge Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Southridge Specialty Care, 9.83% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Southridge Specialty Care, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Southridge Specialty Care, 1.19% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Southridge Specialty Care, 13.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Southridge Specialty Care, 26.02% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Southridge Specialty Care, 0% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Southridge Specialty Care, 95.33% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Southridge Specialty Care, 13.19% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Southridge Specialty Care, 19.58% of Residents

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

Hospitalizations

In Southridge Specialty Care, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Southridge Specialty Care, 19.58% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Southridge Specialty Care, 7.87% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Southridge Specialty Care, 88.68% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.