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South Shore Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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1307 South Shore Drive PO Box 69,
Worthington MN 56187

(507) 376-3175

54.74% estimated occupancy 1

South Shore Care Center is a nursing home in Worthington, Minnesota, a city with a total of 14,170 people. Featuring an overall score of B+, this is a strong nursing home. Based on our ratings, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility also received an elite nursing rating. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an A. There are a host of subcategories included in this grade. Most of the factors are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility was given an impressive long-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our better grades in that area with a score of B+. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 91.30435 percent of its residents. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B. It outpaced most nursing homes in this area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is often a meaningful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

In the final category we assessed, this nursing home received a decent score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we gave it a B- for that category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. This facility received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

South Shore Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In South Shore Care Center, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In South Shore Care Center, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall resulting in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In South Shore Care Center, 2.78% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In South Shore Care Center, 12.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In South Shore Care Center, 9.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In South Shore Care Center, 4.76% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In South Shore Care Center, 93.27% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In South Shore Care Center, 5.77% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the deterioration of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In South Shore Care Center, 12.57% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In South Shore Care Center, 12.57% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In South Shore Care Center, 17.84% of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In South Shore Care Center, 85.23% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Sanford Worthington Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1 miles away1018 Sixth Avenue PO Box 997 Worthington Minnesota 56187Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 372-3110
  • Osceola Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.32 miles away600 9th Avenue North Sibley Iowa 51249Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 754-2574

Nearby Dialysis

  • Sanford Worthington Medical Center1 miles away1018 6th Ave PO Box 997 Worthington Minnesota 56187Dialysis Stations: 8 (507) 372-3279