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Auburn Home in Waconia

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Auburn Home in Waconia's website

594 Cherry Drive,
Waconia MN 55387

(952) 442-2546

73.78% estimated occupancy 1

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. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Minnesota badge

Best Nursing Home in Minnesota Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Waconia, Minnesota badge

Best Nursing Home in Waconia, Minnesota Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Minnesota badge

Best Nursing Home in Minnesota Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Waconia, Minnesota badge

Best Nursing Home in Waconia, Minnesota Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Waconia, Minnesota badge

Best Nursing Home in Waconia, Minnesota Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great facility overall, it also earned A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections are nearly perfect. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This facility also received a impressive short-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being this facility's second strongest category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a score of A. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also received a high-end long-term care score. Indeed, this is this nursing home's third best category score. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A-. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 95.833336 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The last area we looked at was nursing, in which this nursing home was given a grade of B-. Even though this proved to be its poorest category grade, this is still a middle of the pack score. Our nursing grade weighs several data points. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This facility provided just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care offered.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Auburn Home in Waconia Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often linked to poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who have sustained a UTI. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 4.58% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may indicate worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 93.31% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 13.09% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 18.07% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Many believe that mobility is critical to residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 12.51 Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Auburn Home in Waconia, 76.76% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation.

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