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Aitkin Health Services

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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301 Minnesota Avenue South,
Aitkin MN 56431

(218) 927-5526

83.4% estimated occupancy 1

Aitkin Health Services is a small non-profit facility in Aitkin, Minnesota. With an overall rating of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective patients. Based on our assessment, you could do much worse than this place. The best part of this facility's strong profile was its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Aitkin, Minnesota badge

Best Nursing Home in Aitkin, Minnesota Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Aitkin, Minnesota badge

Best Nursing Home in Aitkin, Minnesota Awards 2021

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. Nursing grades are primarily tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also awarded this facility a score of A- for our short-term care grade. Our short-term care grades are presumably most critical for residents needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Turning to our fourth category, this facility received an acceptable long-term care score. Even though this wasn't nearly as good as many of its other category grades, this is still not a terrible score. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 97.77778 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Aitkin Health Services Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Aitkin Health Services, 3.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Aitkin Health Services, 3.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which sustained falls leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Aitkin Health Services, 3.76% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Aitkin Health Services, 11.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Aitkin Health Services, 10.4% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term patients which were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Aitkin Health Services, 3.94% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Aitkin Health Services, 98.15% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Aitkin Health Services, 17.6% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Aitkin Health Services, 15.93% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Aitkin Health Services, 15.93% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Aitkin Health Services, 75.29% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Riverwood Healthcare CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.51 miles away200 Bunker Hill Drive Aitkin Minnesota 56431Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 927-5501
  • Cuyuna Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 11.73 miles away320 East Main Street Crosby Minnesota 56441Government - Hospital District or Authority(218) 546-2300