Located in Jamestown, North Dakota, Ave Maria Village is one of just two available nursing homes in the city. We awarded this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. Based on our assessment, this nursing home should be a great choice for most people. If you look further down this page, you can see this facility's category ratings, which are also quite good.
Ave Maria Village
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our short-term care category. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its top-shelf resume, this facility also was given a strong long-term care grade, with a score of A-. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.69707 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death illness for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection grades are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
In the final category, this facility also received an excellent nursing grade, with a B+. This completed a first-rate profile. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ave Maria Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ave Maria Village, 6.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ave Maria Village, 4.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a fall leading to major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ave Maria Village, 3.36% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients that had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ave Maria Village, 19.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ave Maria Village, 18.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ave Maria Village, 5.76% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ave Maria Village, 96.66% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ave Maria Village, 15.94% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ave Maria Village, 17.76% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some experts argue that mobility is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Ave Maria Village, 1.14 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ave Maria Village, 17.76 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ave Maria Village, 8.62 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ave Maria Village, 78.29% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Jamestown Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 3.53 miles away2422 20th St Sw Jamestown North Dakota 58401Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 252-1050
Nearby Dialysis
- Sanford Jamestown Dialysis1.22 miles away300 2nd Ave Ne Jamestown North Dakota 58401Dialysis Stations: 12 (701) 952-4872