Timely Mission Nursing Home is a small non-profit facility located in Buffalo Center, Iowa. We gave this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. Based on our assessment, you can not go wrong with this place. If you look below, you will see this place's category scores, which are also impressive.
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Timely Mission Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this very important category. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 10 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is largely based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also want to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was given a high-end grade of A- in our long-term care area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 97.19626 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous illness for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at was short-term care. We awarded this nursing home one of our higher grades in this category, with a grade of B. While this wasn't as dominant as many of this nursing home's other grades, it is nevertheless an excellent grade. Our short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Timely Mission Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 6.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who suffer from pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that have had a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 23.66% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 16.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 0.94% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 93.04% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 17.17% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 14.15% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Timely Mission Nursing Home, 14.15% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Nearby Hospitals
- United Hospital DistrictCritical Access Hospitals 18.52 miles away515 South Moore Street, PO Box 160 Blue Earth Minnesota 56013Government - Hospital District or Authority(507) 526-3273