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St Marks Lutheran Home

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  • Independent Living
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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400 - 15th Avenue Southwest,
Austin MN 55912

(507) 437-4594

58.07% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Austin, Minnesota, St Marks Lutheran Home is one of just a few nursing homes in the area. This is a good nursing home. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a very solid rating. This nursing home truly has plenty going for it. The best part of this facility's impressive profile was its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in our short-term care category, where it received an A. Our short-term care grade is often used to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To provide good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing score is mostly associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home earned a good score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. We would argue that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last area we looked at. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 97.36842 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

St Marks Lutheran Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 11.7% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 1.75% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 3.64% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 10.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 78.26% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 5.56% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 14.37% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 14.37% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 12.82% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In St Marks Lutheran Home, 74.07% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAcute Care Hospitals 19.69 miles away404 West Fountain Street Albert Lea Minnesota 56007Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 377-6452

Nearby Dialysis

  • Mayo Dialysis - Albert Lea19.06 miles away1705 Se Broadway Attn: Dialysis Albert Lea Minnesota 56007CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (507) 377-5920