THE ALVERNO HEALTH CARE CENTER (CLINTON, IA) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Complaint Deficiency

Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Back-up procedures in place for a faulty automatic sprinkler system
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
1) Provide 3 meals at regular times; 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours after dinner; or 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that doctors visit residents regularly, as required
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Proper stairway enclosures and vertical shafts
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper stairway enclosures and vertical shafts
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Rooms that can be unlocked from inside without a key
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Portable fire extinguishers
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

Here:	14.6%
State:	14.5%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	22.1%
Iowa:	11.4%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

This Nursing Home:	9.2%
State:	4.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Nursing Home:	3.8%
Iowa:	6.7%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

This Nursing Home:	57.7%
State:	39.8%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

This Nursing Home:	1.1%
State:	4.7%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

Here:	4.8%
Iowa:	8.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	7.8%
State:	7.5%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	0.9%
Iowa:	3.9%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Nursing Home:	96.2%
State:	98.0%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	96.2%
State:	97.7%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	14.1%
State:	21.7%

Percent of short-stay residents with Pressure ulcers that are new or worsened

This Nursing Home:	1.6%
State:	1.8%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	92.1%
State:	91.0%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	88.8%
Iowa:	88.8%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	1.5%
Iowa:	2.0%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	13.3%
Iowa:	21.0%

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.710
Iowa:	0.684

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.530
State:	0.621

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.250
Iowa:	1.298

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.090
Iowa:	0.037

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.090
State:	0.043

THE ALVERNO HEALTH CARE CENTER - CLINTON, IA

Complaint Deficiency

Quality Measures

Staff Information

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