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Westview Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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445 Eighth Avenue Sw,
Britt IA 50423

(641) 843-3835

67.04% estimated occupancy ¹

Westview Care Center is the only nursing home we were able to find in Britt, Iowa. We gave this facility an B+ overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. Based on our ratings, you could do much worse than this facility. The best part of this facility's impressive profile is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section

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

Specialized Services

Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
Bariatric Care
Optometry
Audiology
Colostomy Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Lymphedema Care

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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. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

We also awarded this facility a grade of A for our long-term care score. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the amount of time nurses commit to residents as well as 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 nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

The last area we scored is short-term care. We gave it an abysmal F in this category, which is a bottom of the barrel grade. You shouldn't simply disqualify a nursing home as a result of one bad grade though. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. In this nursing home's case, we found that it offers less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.1 percent of its patients returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Westview Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Westview Care Center, 2.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Westview Care Center, 2.05% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Westview Care Center, 7.03% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which sustained a urinary tract infection. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Westview Care Center, 23.88% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Westview Care Center, 9.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Westview Care Center, 0% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher rates of depression could imply a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Westview Care Center, 98.88% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Westview Care Center, 8.2% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Westview Care Center, 12.72% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Westview Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Westview Care Center, 12.72% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Westview Care Center, 22.72% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Westview Care Center, 77.82% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Hancock County Health SystemCritical Access Hospitals 0.42 miles away532 1st St Nw Britt Iowa 50423Government - Local(641) 843-5000
Iowa Specialty Hospital - BelmondCritical Access Hospitals 19.86 miles away403 First Street Se Belmond Iowa 50421Government - Local(641) 444-3223