Willow Gardens Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in Marion, Iowa. With a rock bottom overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. If you are not satisfied with this facility's rather poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are four other nursing homes in Marion. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.
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Willow Gardens Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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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
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is one of our better scores. We believe that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. This place had 5 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This tells you inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't fare terribly in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of C for that category, which happens to be another one of its better scores. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we size up a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a meaningful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its level of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The question is whether this also impacted quality of care. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. The nursing rating analyzes many subcategories, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we scored was long-term care. It received an abysmal F in this category, which is an abysmal score. Long-term care grades in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. We were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated 81.914894 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is quite a few points less than what we expected. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients 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.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Gardens Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 6.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 1.66% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients which experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 10% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 20.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 3.75% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 87.15% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 17.06% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 18.52% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that maintained mobility. Many believe that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 18.52% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 13.52% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Willow Gardens Care Center, 70.01% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Marion, IA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Marion, Iowa has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.17 miles away1026 a Ave Ne Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 369-7211
- Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsAcute Care Hospitals 5.3 miles away701 10th Street Se Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 398-6011
- Jones Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 17 miles away1795 Highway 64 East Anamosa Iowa 52205Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 462-6131
Nearby Dialysis
- Mercy Medical Center Dialysis - Mercy Plaza3.97 miles away5264 Council St Ne Suite 200 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Dialysis Stations: 33 (319) 398-6423
- Cedar Rapids Dialysis4.12 miles away5945 Council St Ne Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402Dialysis Stations: 12 (319) 294-7088
- Five Seasons Dialysis5.26 miles away1002 4th Avenue Se, Suite A Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (319) 363-1538
- Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids5.38 miles away701 10th St Se Dialysis Unit Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403Dialysis Stations: 8 (319) 398-6432