Aicota Health Care Center is one of just a few available facilities in Aitkin, Minnesota. This facility is one of the most impressive nursing homes we looked at. This facility received one of the most impressive ratings that we offer. You flat out can't do much better than this facility. Headlining this nursing home's exemplary profile is its long-term care rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Aicota Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
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Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
On the list of its many high-end scores, this facility was given a top-shelf short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in that area. With our short-term care grade, we attempt to craft a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. There are a variety of datapoints included in this area. Most of the subcategories are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home provides 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. This completed this place's straight A report card. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aicota Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aicota Health Care Center, 6.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aicota Health Care Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aicota Health Care Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that experienced a UTI. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aicota Health Care Center, 15.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aicota Health Care Center, 11.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aicota Health Care Center, 4.16% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aicota Health Care Center, 94.15% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aicota Health Care Center, 13.41% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aicota Health Care Center, 15.86% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aicota Health Care Center, 15.86 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aicota Health Care Center, 77.42% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Riverwood Healthcare CenterCritical Access Hospitals 1.22 miles away200 Bunker Hill Drive Aitkin Minnesota 56431Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 927-5501
- Cuyuna Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 11.19 miles away320 East Main Street Crosby Minnesota 56441Government - Hospital District or Authority(218) 546-2300