A walk score of 89 is unusual for a nursing home. Most errands around Harmony Dubuque can be done on foot, which means a resident who gave up driving can still get to a pharmacy or a cafe without asking anyone.
Five care types operate in this 75-bed building: nursing home care, skilled nursing, assisted living, residential care, and respite. Assisted living and residential care cover bathing, dressing, and the medication schedule.
Somebody at home is already working the night shift, unpaid and untrained. Licensed nursing on site means that job belongs to staff instead.
Rehabilitation and short-term rehabilitation handle the recovery work, and two programs carry names of their own: peritoneal dialysis, and stroke and other neurological conditions. A long hospital admission with no surgery in it still leaves legs that stopped doing what they did in March.
Respite covers a stretch a caregiver cannot move. A busy season at work, a required trip, a deployment: the dates are set by somebody other than the family.
Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted. Nursing time sits at 3 hours and 26 minutes per resident each day. A resident whose needs change can change care type here without changing address.



