Worth County Care & Rehab Switches Therapy, Activity Rooms

The Worth County Care & Rehab Center has exchanged the Activity Room and the Therapy Room. Administrator Kelly Summa said that the therapy program had outgrown the old room; there were frequently as many as four patients waiting in the halls for treatment, and there was more privacy in the other room.

The facility made $52,000 in profits last year, including the tax revenues from the voter-approved levy. The facility lost $3,700 in June due to repairs, maintenance, and overtime.

The census for the facility was at 20 as of July 17th. There was one admission, while two passed away and two went home. They are looking at three potential new patients. There were two Part A patients. The facility is up to 4 stars.

The state inspected the facility this month for its annual inspections. The facility will do more fire alarm inspections and performed electrical outlet testing. They did a list of repairs. The smoke barrier walls in the ceiling need fixed. Smoke doors were not closing properly; that was fixed on the spot. Two of the closets need vents and sprinkler systems. The facility will fix the bathrooms in the main lobby. Two expired medications were found in the medical storage area. The facility will submit a plan of correction and complete corrections within 60 days.

Work on the budget for 2019-2020 fiscal year was done by the board. The facility averaged 21.2 residents over the last year and is still in the process of doing work to start offering an Alzheimer’s program using funds from Nodaway County Economic Development and the Worth County Progress Organization. If there is demand for such a program, they could turn an entire wing of the facility into a unit.