Westview of Indianola Care Center
1900 West Third Place, Indianola IA 50125 · (515) 961-3189 · 77.59% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Westview of Indianola Care Center is one of a mere three available nursing homes located in Indianola, Iowa. It looks like this is a fine nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable grade. We were pleased to find out that this matched the average grade of facilities in Indianola, which is one of the better cities in Iowa to find a nursing home. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 83 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive scores, this nursing home received an excellent nursing grade. We gave it a grade of B+ in that category. When determining our nursing grades, we factor in both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 4 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which was above the national average. Finally, this place was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. It performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it received a score of B. It outperformed most facilities in this category. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.15611 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.17 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was short-term care, in which this nursing home received a B-. Although this ended up being its lowest category grade, this is nevertheless not a terrible score. Our short-term care grade is typically used to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 33.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westview of Indianola Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better