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Westbrook Acres

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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605 Garfield Street,
Gladbrook IA 50635

(641) 473-2016

89.25% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Westbrook Acres has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Located in Gladbrook, Iowa, Westbrook Acres is the lone option we found in the area. This nursing home was awarded an uninspiring overall grade of D, which is a well below average score. This isn't the worse place we graded, but we'd still struggle to recommend it. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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

Specialized Services

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

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Facility Inspections

While we gave this nursing home a poor overall score, we actually gave it a fairly respectable score in the category of inspections, where we gave it a B-. This was certainly better than its other category grades. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Nurse Quality

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Our nursing rating is based on a handful of subcategories, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home was awarded its next best category score in the category of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable score. In our short-term care assessment, we attempt to craft a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Our next area is long-term care, where we gave this facility a grade of B- in that category. With our long-term care grade, we look at the sheer quantity of services offered by a facility, along with some qualitative measures. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable total. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 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.

Westbrook Acres Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Westbrook Acres, 3.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Westbrook Acres, 3.28% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Westbrook Acres, 5.06% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of long-term residents who have sustained UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Westbrook Acres, 18.44% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents which were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Westbrook Acres, 24.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Westbrook Acres, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue this is a measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Westbrook Acres, 100% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Westbrook Acres, 13.64% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the deterioration of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Westbrook Acres, 8.24% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

In Westbrook Acres, 0.88 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Westbrook Acres, 8.24% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Westbrook Acres, 85.84% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

Grundy County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 12.41 miles away201 East J Avenue Grundy Center Iowa 50638Voluntary non-profit - Other(319) 824-5421
Unitypoint Health-MarshalltownAcute Care Hospitals 13.29 miles away3 S 4th Ave Marshalltown Iowa 50158Voluntary non-profit - Private(641) 754-5151