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Westwood Specialty Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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4201 Fieldcrest Drive,
Sioux City IA 51104

(712) 258-0135

90.58% estimated occupancy 1

Westwood Specialty Care is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Sioux City, Iowa. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a well below average nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's mediocre overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are five other nursing homes in Sioux City. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive nursing score. You can scroll down to find out about nursing and other category grades

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B+ for our nursing rating. In computing our nursing ratings, we assess both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home 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.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The second most favorable category we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is generally a fair assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what effect this had on quality of care. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to the area of long-term care, this nursing home was given a grade of just D in that category. Nursing homes that don't fare well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated 86.181816 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly lower than what we expected. To our surprise, this place actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

In our final category of inspections, this nursing home received an abysmal grade. We weight this grade more heavily than our other categories. With places that received this bad of an inspection score, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we also would like to point out that this place received significant government fines in recent years totaling over $100,000. This typically signifies that a facility's poor performance spanned more than one year.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Westwood Specialty Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Westwood Specialty Care, 4.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care residents that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Westwood Specialty Care, 4.73% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who have sustained a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Westwood Specialty Care, 2.58% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Westwood Specialty Care, 16.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients who are administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Westwood Specialty Care, 21.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Westwood Specialty Care, 13.87% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Westwood Specialty Care, 85.09% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Westwood Specialty Care, 11.16% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Westwood Specialty Care, 15.32% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Westwood Specialty Care, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Westwood Specialty Care, 15.32% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Westwood Specialty Care, 19.1% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Westwood Specialty Care, 76.26% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Sioux City, IA

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

Looking for more options? Sioux City, Iowa has 5 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Lukes Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.99 miles away2720 Stone Park Boulevard Sioux City Iowa 51104Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 279-3500
  • Mercy Medical Center-Sioux CityAcute Care Hospitals 3.21 miles away801 5th St Sioux City Iowa 51101Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 279-2010

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care Dakota Dunes, LLC1.75 miles away357 W Tower Rd North Sioux City South Dakota 57049Dialysis Stations: 5 (605) 232-1901
  • Fmc Midwest Dialysis5.05 miles away4000 Indian Hills Dr Sioux City Iowa 51108CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (712) 239-4333
  • Siouxland Dialysis5.18 miles away2530 Glenn Ave. Sioux City Iowa 51106Dialysis Stations: 24 (712) 266-1000
  • Sioux City Dialysis7.58 miles away5865 Sunnybrook Dr Sioux City Iowa 51106Dialysis Stations: 12 (712) 274-8068