Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
1329 Main Street,
Lansing IA 52151
68.95% estimated occupancy 1
Thornton Manor is a small facility located in Lansing, Iowa. This facility is one of the highest-graded facilities we found. A grade in this range requires superb marks across the board. We simply can not say enough favorable things about this nursing home. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category scores, which are also quite good. It would be hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
On top of being a strong nursing home overall, it also earned A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections were virtually perfect. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was awarded a superb score of A- in our long-term care category. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 93.693695 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is a bit less than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Fortunately, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.09 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a much lower hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
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This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Nursing ratings are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home offers 3.7 hours of nursing care per patient daily, of which more than one hour of those were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. In determining our nursing ratings, we add more weight to hours performed by registered nurses. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
The next category we scored was short-term care, where this facility received a B. While this proved to be its weakest category grade, this is still a good score. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. This place performed decently in this area, with 47.8 percent of its patients returning home.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Thornton Manor, 6.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
In Thornton Manor, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
In Thornton Manor, 2.94% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
In Thornton Manor, 16.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents that were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with dementia.
In Thornton Manor, 18.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
In Thornton Manor, 4.84% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
In Thornton Manor, 94.37% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
In Thornton Manor, 16.8% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some experts argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
In Thornton Manor, 20.56% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
In Thornton Manor, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
In Thornton Manor, 20.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
In Thornton Manor, 79.5% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
