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Wapello Specialty Care

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Wapello Specialty Care's website

601 Highway 61 South,
Wapello IA 52653

(319) 523-2001

70.81% estimated occupancy ¹

Wapello Specialty Care is a nursing home located in Wapello, Iowa. This city has 3,570 people. It looks like this facility is a relatively poor facility. A score of this caliber suggests we found some red flags. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Wapello. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Lymphedema Care

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Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

While we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively favorable government inspections in recent years. We gave it a B+ in this area, which is much better than its overall grade. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid places that have too many deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

This facilities second most favorable area was short-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack score in this area. With our short-term care assessment, we attempt to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

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Nurse Quality

We were stunned to find that this facility also excelled in nursing. We awarded it an impressive grade of D for that category, which is one of our best grades. The nursing rating is based on numerous factors. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

The next category we graded is long-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F for this area, which is a very poor score. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 91.2 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be a few points below what we expected but still a respectable figure. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Wapello Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Wapello Specialty Care, 6.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Wapello Specialty Care, 3.23% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have sustained a fall resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Wapello Specialty Care, 0.83% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Wapello Specialty Care, 17.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Wapello Specialty Care, 20.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Wapello Specialty Care, 0.94% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Wapello Specialty Care, 92.27% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Wapello Specialty Care, 18.1% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Wapello Specialty Care, 15.17% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Wapello Specialty Care, 15.17% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Wapello Specialty Care, 18.43% of Patients

This metric 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 assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Wapello Specialty Care, 75.04% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Trinity MuscatineAcute Care Hospitals 19.5 miles away1518 Mulberry Avenue Muscatine Iowa 52761Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 264-9100

Nearby Dialysis

Fmc - Muscatine19.43 miles away311 Parham St Muscatine Iowa 52761Dialysis Stations: 10 (563) 323-3300
University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - Muscatine19.89 miles away3465 Mulberry Ave Muscatine Iowa 52761Dialysis Stations: 12 (563) 262-9303