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Karen Acres Care Center

  • Date Updated:  November 01, 2024
  • CMS Overall 5-Star Rating:  
  • Address:  3605 ELM DRIVE
    URBANDALE IA 50322 Map
  • Phone:  515-276-4969
  • Website:   Click Here
  • Medicare Provider Number:  165460
  • Participating in Medicare Since:  June 01, 2002
  • No. of Certified Beds:  35
  • No. of Residents:   N/A
  • Occupancy:   N/A
  • Amount Fined:  $0.00
  • Complaints Filed:   5
  • Accepts:  Medicare and Medicaid

  About Karen Acres Care Center

Karen Acres Care Center, located in URBANDALE, IA, is a for-profit organization that accepts Medicare and Medicaid. It is not part of a continuing care retirement community. It is not located in a hospital. Karen Acres Care Center offers a range of services including skilled nursing, long-term care, short-term rehabilitation, and specialized memory care. The center is equipped with modern amenities and a supportive environment designed to enhance the quality of life for its residents. With a focus on personalized care plans and community engagement.

  • Karen Acres Care Center is ranked #14 out of 31 facilities within a 10 mile radius and #18 out of 48 facilities within a 25 mile radius. See Ranking Report
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  • CMS 5-Star Overall Rating is (4 out of 5):
  • Current Trend:   Worsening
  • Total Nursing Hours Spent Per Resident Per Day: 3.05
    (The national average is 3.84 )
  • The percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission is 17.20% .
  •    There is no indication of abuse occuring at Karen Acres Care Center. (CMS flags facilities where abuse has either happened or is very likely.)

  Karen Acres Care Center Owner & Operator Information

Business Entity Name:

CRYSTAL INC

Owners:

Managers and Directors:

  Karen Acres Care Center Ratings and Inspection Scores

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regularly inspects every skilled nursing facility. The results of the multi-day inspection is a series of star ratings. The health inspection scores are an absolute value, so you can compare one facility's score directly to another.

Ratings

Overall Rating 4:
Health Inspection Rating 3:
Quality Rating 5:
Staffing Rating 2:

Inspection Scores

Cycle 1 Score (as of July 07, 2024) 36
Cycle 2 Score (as of October 12, 2023) 12
Cycle 3 Score (as of May 03, 2022) 20
Weighted All Cycles Score 25

  Nursing Hours Spent Per Patient

CMS provides detailed information about how long nursing staff spends with residents. This data includes nursing subcategories of Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and non-nursing Certified Nursing Assistants. More hours spend per patient should can indicate a better facility or it could indicate more complicated situations.

The nursing staff of Karen Acres Care Center spends LESS time on average with its residents than the state average and LESS time than the national average for total nursing hours spent per resident.

Type Facility State / National Avg
Registered Nurse (RN)
Hours 0.52 0.75 / 0.67
Case Mix 0.65 0.60 / 0.66
Adjusted 0.53 NA / NA
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Hours 0.51 0.59 / 0.88
Case Mix 0.85 NA / NA
Adjusted 0.53 NA / NA
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
Hours 2.02 2.44 / 2.29
Case Mix 2.22 NA / NA
Adjusted 2.08 NA / NA
Total Licensed Staff
Hours 1.03 1.34 / 1.54
Physical Therapist (PT)
Hours 0.07 0.04 / 0.07
Total Nursing Hours Spent per Resident on Average
Hours 3.05 3.78 / 3.84
Case Mix 3.71 3.43 / 3.82
Adjusted 3.14 NA / NA

  Quality Measures

Quality measures are based both on patient survey information and on the results of actual claims that are filed with CMS. It is not clear what period is covered in the measures.

Desc. Perc./ State Avg. / Comparison
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission (qm521)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
17.2% / 21.3%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit (qm522)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
8.8% / 13.2%
Better
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm551)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
1.0% / 1.4%
Better
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm552)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
0.5% / 1.9%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased (qm401) 5.4% / 16.4%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight (qm404) 2.7% / 4.9%
Better
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder (qm405) 60.0% / 47.0%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (qm406) 0.0% / 2.2%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection (qm407) 0.0% / 2.7%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms (qm408) 3.2% / 4.3%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained (qm409) 0.0% / 0.2%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury (qm410) 0.0% / 3.7%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm415) 99.0% / 94.7%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication (qm419) 7.0% / 19.0%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm430) 75.0% / 86.0%
Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication (qm434) 1.1% / 2.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened (qm451) 25.9% / 18.3%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication (qm452) 17.1% / 20.0%
Better
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers (qm453) 8.6% / 5.9%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm454) 96.3% / 95.2%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function (qm471) 69.7% / 79.1%
Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm472) 44.9% / 73.4%
Worse

  Hospitals Near Karen Acres Care Center

Quite often skilled nursing facilities and hospitals work closely together to help patients recover or manage a terminal illness. Hospitals deals with acute care while nursing homes treat patients for a longer period of time. New residents at skilled nursing homes typically come from a hospital and nursing home residents may be readmitted to a hospital if their recovery does not proceed well. (Hospital readmission rates are closely monitored by CMS.) Consequently it is important that you consider which hospitals are near a nursing home which choosing one. Below is a list of hospitals near Karen Acres Care Center.

Karen Acres Care Center is near several hospitals, each with its own rating based on overall performance:

Hospital 5-Star Overall Rating
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER
1801 HICKMAN ROAD
DES MOINES, IA 50314
2
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI
1200 PLEASANT STREET
DES MOINES, IA 50309
3
MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER
1111 6TH AVE
DES MOINES, IA 50314
3
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL
915 GORDON AVENUE & MIMOSA DRIVE
THOMASVILLE, GA 31792
4
VA CENTRAL IOWA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
3600 30TH STREET
DES MOINES, IA 50310
5
DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL
610 TENTH STREET
PERRY, IA 50220
Not Available
MADISON COUNTY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
300 WEST HUTCHINGS STREET
WINTERSET, IA 50273
Not Available
CLIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
1450 NW 114TH STREET
CLIVE, IA 50325
Not Available

Ratings History for Karen Acres Care Center

  Medical Professionals Associated with Karen Acres Care Center

These are the doctors who are affiliated with Karen Acres Care Center. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

We did not find any medical professionals associated with Karen Acres Care Center.

  Local Nursing Homes

When evaluating nursing homes, it's important to consider other nearby facilities to understand the available options and make comparisons. Below is a list of nursing homes near Brookline Healthcare and Rehabilitation, including Brookline itself. This list is ranked based on each home's health inspection scores, also known as the "weighted all cycles score." Additionally, we provide the facility's 5-star overall rating for a more complete view of its performance. If a nursing home has been flagged by CMS for abuse, you'll see a special icon () next to its name.

The data is based on the dataset as of November 01, 2024.

Name Health Inspection Score / Overall Rating
Westview of Indianola Care Center
(INDIANOLA, IA)
0 / 5:
On With Life
(ANKENY, IA)
0 / 5:
Perry Lutheran Homes Eden Acres Campus
(PERRY, IA)
4 / 5:
Norwalk Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(NORWALK, IA)
10.667 / 3:
Calvin Community
(DES MOINES, IA)
11.333 / 5:
Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center
(DES MOINES, IA)
12 / 4:
Edgewater, A Wesleylife Community
(WEST DES MOINES, IA)
14 / 5:
Prairie Vista Village
(ALTOONA, IA)
16 / 5:
Mill-Pond
(ANKENY, IA)
16 / 5:
Scottish Rite Park Inc
(DES MOINES, IA)
16.667 / 4:
Kennybrook Village
(GRIMES, IA)
16.667 / 5:
Walnut Ridge
(CLIVE, IA)
18 / 3:
Childserve Habilitation Center
(JOHNSTON, IA)
18.667 / 5:
Brio of Johnston, LLC
(JOHNSTON, IA)
20 / 4:
Wesley On Grand
(DES MOINES, IA)
21.333 / 3:
Cedar Ridge Village
(WEST DES MOINES, IA)
25.333 / 3:
Arbor Springs of West Des Moines L L C
(WEST DES MOINES, IA)
25.333 / 3:
Karen Acres Care Center
(URBANDALE, IA)
25.333 / 4:
Madrid Home For The Aged
(MADRID, IA)
25.333 / 3:
The Village
(INDIANOLA, IA)
26.667 / 5:
Spurgeon Manor
(DALLAS CENTER, IA)
28.5 / 5:
Independence Village of Waukee
(WAUKEE, IA)
34.667 / 3:
Deerfield Health Care Center
(URBANDALE, IA)
39.667 / 4:
Azria Health Winterset
(WINTERSET, IA)
40 / 3:
Ramsey Village
(DES MOINES, IA)
46 / 3:
Adel Acres
(ADEL, IA)
55.333 / 1:
Valley View Village
(DES MOINES, IA)
56.667 / 2:
The Bridges at Ankeny
(ANKENY, IA)
56.667 / 3:
University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(DES MOINES, IA)
57.333 / 2:
Sunny View Care Center
(ANKENY, IA)
74.667 / 2:
Regency Care Center
(NORWALK, IA)
85 / 1:
Rehabilitation Center of Des Moines
(DES MOINES, IA)
97.333 / 3:
Good Samaritan Society - Indianola
(INDIANOLA, IA)
100.833 / 2:
Urbandale Health Care Center
(URBANDALE, IA)
107.167 / 1:
Trinity Center at Luther Park
(DES MOINES, IA)
113.5 / 1:
Via of Carlisle
(CARLISLE, IA)
115 / 1:
Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(ALTOONA, IA)
134.5 / 1:
Parkridge Specialty Care
(PLEASANT HILL, IA)
137.333 / 1:
Granger Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(GRANGER, IA)
147.167 / 1:
Aspire of Perry
(PERRY, IA)
151.5 / 1:
Azria Health Park Place
(DES MOINES, IA)
158 / 1:
Accura Healthcare of Pleasantville, LLC
(PLEASANTVILLE, IA)
163.5 / 1:
Perry Lutheran Home
(PERRY, IA)
228.167 / 1:
Bishop Drumm Retirement Center
(JOHNSTON, IA)
306.167 / 2:
Via of Des Moines
(DES MOINES, IA)
335.333 / 1:
Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation
(DES MOINES, IA)
403.167 / 1:
Harmony West Des Moines
(WEST DES MOINES, IA)
535.667 / 1:
Pine Acres Rehabilitation and Care Center
(WEST DES MOINES, IA)
695.333 / 1:

  Our Analysis

Best and Worst Nursing Homes in URBANDALE, IA

Here is our analysis of the Best Nursing Homes in URBANDALE and Worst Nursing Homes in URBANDALE so that you can make better decisions when choosing a nursing home. You should also use these lists after choosing a home to stay abreast of changes.

Ownership Details for Karen Acres Care Center

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Noted Deficiencies for Karen Acres Care Center

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Nursing Hours Analysis for Karen Acres Care Center

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