Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
849 13th Avenue North,
Clinton IA 52732
90.95% estimated occupancy 1
The Alverno Health Care Center is one of only two available nursing homes located in Clinton, Iowa. This facility is ranked among the most elite facilities we found. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate scores across the board. You flat out can't do any better than this place. As you will find below, this facility also performed well in our category scores. It's hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
In addition to receiving an elite overall score, this nursing home also received an A+ inspection rating. This is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Adding to its top-shelf assessments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for its short-term care score. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. This place performed as well as just about any nursing home in Iowa in this area with 62.3 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, less than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
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We also would like to note the fact that this facility was given a superb score of A- in our long-term care category. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Switching gears to the last category, this facility was awarded an excellent nursing grade. We gave it a grade of B+ in this area, wrapping up one of our finer profiles. The nursing score includes several data points, but the primary consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This place fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented with better nursing care.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 6.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of quality of care.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 2.94% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from a UTI. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 16.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 18.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 4.84% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents exhibiting signs of depression.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 94.37% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 16.8% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's medical condition.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 20.56% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 20.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 11.28 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
In The Alverno Health Care Center, 79.5% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
