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Hilltop Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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410 Luella Street,
Watkins MN 55389

(320) 764-2300

95% estimated occupancy 1

Hilltop Care Center is the lone facility we identified in Watkins, Minnesota. This facility is ranked among the best nursing homes we assessed. A score in this range requires superb scores across the board. We ranked this nursing home in the top 100 facilities in Minnesota, which is a distinguished list. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's exemplary report card is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Minnesota badge

Top Nursing Home in Minnesota Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to receiving an elite overall grade, this facility received an A+ inspection grade. This is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Our nursing score is largely tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

We also awarded this nursing home a of A+ for its long-term care grade. For patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 86.25 percent of its patients. This is somewhat less than we expected but still a respectable figure. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Moving on to the next area, this nursing home was given a respectable short-term care rating. While this wasn't quite as elite as a few of its other category grades, this is still nothing to be ashamed of. Short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Hilltop Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In Hilltop Care Center, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Hilltop Care Center, 0.63% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Hilltop Care Center, 1.89% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Hilltop Care Center, 9.68% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Hilltop Care Center, 8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Hilltop Care Center, 1.92% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Hilltop Care Center, 88.42% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Hilltop Care Center, 16.1% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Hilltop Care Center, 13.23% of Residents

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Hilltop Care Center, 13.23% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Hilltop Care Center, 100% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Meeker Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.07 miles away612 South Sibley Avenue Litchfield Minnesota 55355Government - Local(320) 693-4507
  • Centra Care Health PaynesvilleCritical Access Hospitals 15.27 miles away200 1st Street West Paynesville Minnesota 56362Voluntary non-profit - Private(320) 243-3779

Nearby Dialysis

  • Centracare Kidney Program - Litchfield14.63 miles away520 Us Highway 12 E Ste 6 Litchfield Minnesota 55355Dialysis Stations: 9 (320) 693-7777