Wellington Place

Nursing Home
Independent Living
Assisted Living

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Wellington Place's website

2479 River Road,
Decorah IA 52101

(563) 382-9691

77.14% estimated occupancy ¹

Wellington Place is a small non-profit facility in Decorah, Iowa. With an overall score of B, this looks like a good nursing home. Based on our ratings, you could do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.

Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. The nursing rating includes many factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. 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 in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility is also strong in the category of short-term care, where it was given a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The last category we assessed is long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this category. Long-term care grades are generally used to measure a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.15951 percent of its residents, which is a very solid statistic. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Wellington Place Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Wellington Place, 6.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Wellington Place, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Wellington Place, 2.97% of Patients had UTIs

This measures the percent of long-term residents that suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Wellington Place, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Wellington Place, 18.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Wellington Place, 4.77% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Wellington Place, 94.58% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Wellington Place, 16.85% Percentage of Patients

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

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Wellington Place, 20.59% Percentage of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Wellington Place, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Wellington Place, 20.59 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Wellington Place, 11.44 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Wellington Place, 79.44% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with 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