Auburn Home in Waconia is one of just two facilities located in Waconia, Minnesota. With an overall grade of A-, this is without a doubt a high quality nursing home. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the country. We also gave this facility strong scores in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Auburn Home in Waconia
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
On top of receiving a quality overall score, this facility also earned excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our highest grades in that category, with a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. It does not appear that we have information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Without information regarding deficiencies for this facility, it was difficult to assess the place in terms of this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
On the list of its many impressive scores, this facility was given a top-shelf short-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that area. Short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: B-plus
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. There are a variety of factors within this grade. Most of these criteria reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B
The last category we scored was long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a grade of B. Although this turned out to be its least impressive category grade, this is nevertheless a favorable grade. For patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 86.734695 percent of its residents, which is slightly lower than we expected. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Auburn Home in Waconia Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 3.95% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: D
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 7.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: F
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 8.33% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 17.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 3.26% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: C
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 92.42% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-plus
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 11.76% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-minus
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 12.06% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 12.06% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A-plus
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 4.27% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: A
In Auburn Home in Waconia, 90.91% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Ridgeview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.35 miles away500 South Maple Street Waconia Minnesota 55387Voluntary non-profit - Private(952) 442-2191
- St Francis Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.26 miles away1455 St Francis Avenue Shakopee Minnesota 55379Voluntary non-profit - Church(952) 403-3000
- Glencoe Regional Health ServicesCritical Access Hospitals 17.91 miles away1805 Hennepin Avenue North Glencoe Minnesota 55336Voluntary non-profit - Other(320) 864-3121
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care - Waconia Dialysis0.27 miles away560 S Maple St, Ste 6 Waconia Minnesota 55387Dialysis Stations: 10 (952) 442-4605
- Bio-Medical Applications of Minnesota, Inc.9.82 miles away3000 Hundertmark Rd Suite 6 Chaska Minnesota 55318Dialysis Stations: 12 (952) 443-3191
- Minnetonka Dialysis of Davita15.04 miles away17809 Hutchins Dr Minnetonka Minnesota 55345Dialysis Stations: 10 (952) 470-9944
- Fms Dialysis - Shakopee15.3 miles away1515 Saint Francis Ave Ste 150 Shakopee Minnesota 55379CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (952) 403-1038
- Eden Prairie Dialysis of Davita16.28 miles away14852 Scenic Heights Road Suite 255 Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344Dialysis Stations: 12 (952) 934-2411
- Davita - Glencoe Dialysis18.05 miles away1123 Hennepin Ave N Glencoe Minnesota 55336Dialysis Stations: 8 (320) 864-1901
