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West Ridge Care Center

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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West Ridge Care Center's website

3131 F Avenue Nw,
Cedar Rapids IA 52405

(319) 390-3367

74.16% estimated occupancy 1

West Ridge Care Center is a nursing home located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a city with 134,152 people. This nursing home is an A+ facility, which is the very best rating. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top five percentile of all nursing homes in the United States. If you scroll down, you will see this nursing home's category ratings, which appear to be just as impressive as its overall grade.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Lymphedema Care

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Iowa badge

Top Nursing Home in Iowa Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is just about as good as it gets in this very important category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also was awarded an A+ short-term care grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to be given several A+ category scores. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. In computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the quantity of hours nurses are with residents and the levels of training of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the last category, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for its long-term care grade. This topped off a very impressive profile. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.3871 percent of its residents, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

West Ridge Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In West Ridge Care Center, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In West Ridge Care Center, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who have had falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In West Ridge Care Center, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who have experienced a UTI. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A+

In West Ridge Care Center, 16.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents which are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In West Ridge Care Center, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were given antianxiety medication. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In West Ridge Care Center, 4.48% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents showing depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In West Ridge Care Center, 94.58% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In West Ridge Care Center, 16.82% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In West Ridge Care Center, 19.24% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A+

In West Ridge Care Center, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In West Ridge Care Center, 19.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In West Ridge Care Center, 11.86 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In West Ridge Care Center, 79.45% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Cedar Rapids, IA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

Looking for more options? Cedar Rapids, Iowa has 8 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids2.9 miles away701 10th St Se Dialysis Unit Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403Dialysis Stations: 8 (319) 398-6432
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  • Cedar Rapids Dialysis4.88 miles away5945 Council St Ne Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 294-7088
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