Annandale Care Center

Annandale Care Center is located in Annandale, Minnesota. This facility is among the most impressive facilities we found. In fact, it received our absolute highest rating. You simply can't do any better than this facility. We also gave this nursing home strong scores in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. We looked at the qualifications of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the number of hours the nurses spent with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This place provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is among the more impressive totals in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We are very impressed by these figures. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any facility in the country in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We view these metrics as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided.

This first-rate nursing home also fared very well in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A+. Only a small group of facilities fared better in this area. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to assessing the elite level of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this facility, we also were impressed by the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Amazingly, we also awarded this nursing home yet another A+ in the area of inspections. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. It does not appear that we have information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

In the final area, we gave this facility an A+ for our short-term care grade. This rounded out an elite profile. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. This facility offered more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the facility. This place fared respectably with 45.8 percent of its residents returning home.