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Wellington Place

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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2479 River Road,
Decorah IA 52101

(563) 382-9691

75.35% estimated occupancy 1

Wellington Place is a small non-profit facility in Decorah, Iowa. With an overall score of B+, this looks like a very good nursing home. Based on our ratings, you could do much worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Other
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa badge

Best Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In addition to earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home fared well in our short-term care category. We awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Nursing scores are mostly tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also performed at a high level in the area of inspections. It received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. It earned one of our highest grades in that category with a grade of B+. Inspection ratings are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor dings are not the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The final category we graded was long-term care, where this facility was given a B. This facility didn't turn out to have any weak links. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 96.296295 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Wellington Place Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Wellington Place, 8.7% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Wellington Place, 3.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Wellington Place, 0.68% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Wellington Place, 11.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Wellington Place, 5.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Wellington Place, 0.67% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many would argue this is a measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Wellington Place, 97% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Wellington Place, 19.05% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Some argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Wellington Place, 4.63% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Wellington Place, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Wellington Place, 4.63% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Wellington Place, 11.62% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Wellington Place, 69.28% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Winneshiek Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 1.43 miles away901 Montgomery Street Decorah Iowa 52101Government - Local(563) 382-2911
  • Veterans Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.69 miles away40 1st Street Se Waukon Iowa 52172Government - Local(563) 568-3411
  • Regional Health Services of Howard CountyCritical Access Hospitals 19.62 miles away235 8th Avenue West Cresco Iowa 52136Government - Local(563) 547-2101

Nearby Dialysis

  • Mayo Clinic Hosp-Dyls1.43 miles away901 Montgomery St. Decorah Iowa 52101Dialysis Stations: 4 (563) 382-1961