Mineral Point Health Services

On top of receiving a great overall rating, this facility received an A+ inspection rating. This score is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can offer a facility. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

An additional strong feature for this facility is that it was awarded a very positive short-term care grade. In fact, this proved to be its second best category score. In this area, we awarded this facility a B+. Our short-term care grades are arguably most meaningful for folks requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. When determining our nursing scores, we factor in both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, nursing scores also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its residents.

The final category we looked at is long-term care, where this nursing home received a B-. Although this is its lowest category grade, this is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. In crafting our long-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.