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West Ridge Care Center

  • Date Updated: May 01, 2024
  • Address: 3131 F AVENUE NW, CEDAR RAPIDS
    IA 52405
  • Phone: 319-390-3367
  • Website: ) Click Here
  • Medicare Provider Number: 165567
  • Participating in Medicare Since: January 01, 2006
  • No. of Certified Beds: 60
  • No. of Residents: 48
  • Occupancy: 82.76% ( as of 05/12/2024 )
  • Amount Fined: $655.08
  • Complaints Filed: 2

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  About West Ridge Care Center

West Ridge Care Center, located in CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, is a for-profit organization that accepts Medicare and Medicaid. It is part of a continuing care retirement community. It is located not in a hospital. West Ridge 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.

  • West Ridge Care Center is ranked #3 out of 16 facilities within a 10 mile radius and #12 out of 34 facilities within a 25 mile radius. See Ranking Report
  • CMS 5-Star Overall Rating is (5 out of 5):
  • Current Trend:   Improving
  • Total Nursing Hours Spent Per Resident Per Day: 4.13
    (The national average is 3.78 )
  • The percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission is 12.12% .
  •    There is no indication of abuse occuring at West Ridge Care Center. (CMS flags facilities where abuse has either happened or is very likely.)

  West Ridge Care Center Owner & Operator Information

Business Entity Name:

WEST RIDGE ASSOCIATES INC

Owners:

Managers and Directors:

  West Ridge 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 5:
Health Inspection Rating 4:
Quality Rating 5:
Staffing Rating 4:

Inspection Scores

Cycle 1 Score (as of November 16, 2023) 4
Cycle 2 Score (as of November 17, 2022) 36
Cycle 3 Score (as of July 29, 2021) 12
Weighted All Cycles Score 16

  West Ridge Care Center Ratings History

  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 West Ridge Care Center spends MORE time on average with its residents than the state average for total nursing homes spent per resident and MORE time than the national average for total nursing homes spent per resident.

Type Facility State / National Avg
Registered Nurse (RN)
Hours 0.91 0.73 / 0.65
Case Mix 0.36 0.30 / 0.38
Adjusted 0.95 NA / NA
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Hours 0.53 0.59 / 0.87
Case Mix 0.74 NA / NA
Adjusted 0.53 NA / NA
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
Hours 2.68 2.35 / 2.26
Case Mix 2.02 NA / NA
Adjusted 2.70 NA / NA
Total Licensed Staff
Hours 1.45 1.32 / 1.53
Physical Therapist (PT)
Hours 0.18 0.04 / 0.07
Total Nursing Homes Spent per Resident on Average
Hours 4.13 3.67 / 3.78
Case Mix 3.12 2.91 / 3.15
Adjusted 4.16 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
12.1% / 21.4%
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
6.9% / 13.1%
Better
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm551)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
0.9% / 1.6%
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
0.1% / 1.4%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased (qm401) 12.7% / 16.5%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight (qm404) 7.4% / 5.0%
Worse
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder (qm405) 38.6% / 47.0%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (qm406) 0.7% / 2.0%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection (qm407) 6.0% / 2.8%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms (qm408) 0.8% / 4.6%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained (qm409) 0.0% / 0.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury (qm410) 3.7% / 3.8%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm415) 100.0% / 94.0%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication (qm419) 5.3% / 18.3%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm430) 99.5% / 85.2%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication (qm434) 1.3% / 2.2%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened (qm451) 18.2% / 18.3%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication (qm452) 5.7% / 19.5%
Better
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers (qm453) 8.0% / 5.9%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm454) 100.0% / 95.1%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function (qm471) 78.6% / 79.1%
Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm472) 98.9% / 72.9%
Better

  Hospitals Near West Ridge 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 West Ridge Care Center.

This information is based on the most recent Hospital data. Historical data is not available.

Hospital 5-Star Overall Rating
MERCY HOSPITAL
500 E MARKET STREET
IOWA CITY, IA 52245
3
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL & CLINICS
200 HAWKINS DRIVE
IOWA CITY, IA 52242
4
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR RAPIDS
701 10TH STREET SE
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52403
4
ST LUKES HOSPITAL
1026 A AVE NE
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52402
5
IOWA CITY VA MEDICAL CENTER
601 HIGHWAY 6 WEST
IOWA CITY, IA 52246
5
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
1795 HIGHWAY 64 EAST
ANAMOSA, IA 52205
Not Available
COMPASS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE
300 W MAY ST
MARENGO, IA 52301
Not Available
VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
502 NORTH 9TH AVENUE
VINTON, IA 52349
Not Available

  Medical Professionals Associated with West Ridge Care Center

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

  Local Nursing Homes

Below is a list of nursing homes in near West Ridge Care Center (including this home). This list is ranked based on the nursing home's health inspection scores (alse referred to as the "weighted all cycles score"). We also show the home's 5-star overall rating in the list. (If a nursing home has been flaged by CMS for abuse, we will added an icon (  ) to the home to indicate this.)

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

Name Health Inspection Score / Overall Rating
Oaknoll Retirement Residence
(IOWA CITY, IA)
4 / 5:
Hallmark Care Center
(MOUNT VERNON, IA)
4 / 5:
Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab, LLC
(VINTON, IA)
4.667 / 5:
Rehabilitation Center of Lisbon
(LISBON, IA)
5.333 / 5:
Keystone Nursing Care Center Inc
(KEYSTONE, IA)
6.667 / 3:
Colonial Manor of Amana
(AMANA, IA)
11.333 / 4:
Anamosa Care Center
(ANAMOSA, IA)
12 / 4:
Laporte City Specialty Care
(LA PORTE CITY, IA)
13.333 / 4:
Meth-Wick Health Center
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
14 / 5:
Briarwood Healthcare Center
(IOWA CITY, IA)
14.667 / 4:
Cottage Grove Place
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
14.667 / 5:
West Ridge Care Center
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
16 / 5:
St Luke's Helen G Nassif Transitional Care Center
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
16.667 / 5:
Mechanicsville Specialty Care
(MECHANICSVILLE, IA)
19.333 / 4:
Hiawatha Care Center
(HIAWATHA, IA)
30.667 / 5:
Windmill Manor
(CORALVILLE, IA)
32 / 2:
Northbrook Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
42.667 / 3:
Living Center West
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
48.667 / 3:
Linn Manor Care Center
(MARION, IA)
50 / 3:
The Gardens of Cedar Rapids
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
50.667 / 3:
Terrace Glen Village
(MARION, IA)
51.333 / 4:
Crestview Specialty Care
(WEST BRANCH, IA)
54.333 / 2:
Rose Haven Nursing Home
(MARENGO, IA)
55.333 / 2:
Oakview Nursing and Rehablitation - Marion
(MARION, IA)
59 / 2:
The Vinton Lutheran Home
(VINTON, IA)
72 / 2:
Winslow House Care Center
(MARION, IA)
83.667 / 2:
Solon Nursing Care Center
(SOLON, IA)
87.333 / 2:
Highland Ridge Care Center, LLC
(WILLIAMSBURG, IA)
94.333 / 3:
Harmony Cedar Rapids
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
150.667 / 2:
Heritage Specialty Care
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
202.5 / 1:
Lantern Park Specialty Care
(CORALVILLE, IA)
242.833 / 1:
Silver Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC
(MARION, IA)
249.667 / 1:
Iowa City Rehab and Health Care
(IOWA CITY, IA)
312.667 / 1:
Hallmar Village
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
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Best and Worst Nursing Homes in CEDAR RAPIDS, IA

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Ownership Details for West Ridge Care Center

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Noted Deficiencies for West Ridge Care Center

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Nursing Hours Analysis for West Ridge Care Center

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