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Zearing Health Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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404 East Garfield St,
Zearing IA 50278

(641) 487-7631

92.5% estimated occupancy 1

Zearing Health Care is in Zearing, Iowa. This city has a population of 842 people. With an A overall grade, we rated this nursing home in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the nation. We really can not say enough favorable things about this facility. Headlining this facility's stellar report card is its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Catheter Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor dings are not something to panic about.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing scores are primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Adding to its remarkable resume, this nursing home also was given an excellent short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to craft a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Turning to our last category, this facility was given a respectable long-term care grade. Even though this was not as elite as some of its other scores, this is really not a bad grade. For residents looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 98.52941 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Zearing Health Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Zearing Health Care, 3.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Zearing Health Care, 2.21% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Zearing Health Care, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care residents that sustained UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Zearing Health Care, 10.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients which were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Zearing Health Care, 27.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Zearing Health Care, 4.58% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Zearing Health Care, 98.52% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Zearing Health Care, 20.18% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Zearing Health Care, 19.66% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Zearing Health Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Zearing Health Care, 19.66% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Story County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.09 miles away640 South 19th Street Nevada Iowa 50201Government - Local(515) 382-2111
  • Mary Greeley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.65 miles away1111 Duff Avenue Ames Iowa 50010Voluntary non-profit - Private(515) 239-2011

Nearby Dialysis

  • Ames Mary Greeley Dialysis17.36 miles away2322 E. 13th St. Ames Iowa 50010Dialysis Stations: 16 (515) 239-6800