Located in Jamestown, North Dakota, Ave Maria Village is the only facility we were able to find in the city. We gave this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. As far as we can see, this facility is a wonderful choice for just about anybody. If you look below, you can see this place's category grades, which appear to be just as impressive as its overall rating.
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Ave Maria Village
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- 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
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our shot-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Short-term care scores are critical for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its top-shelf profile, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care area. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.69697 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Nursing ratings are largely associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home 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.
Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature for this place is its inspection rating. In that area, we awarded this facility an A-, finishing off its straight A performance. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category usually have few of these severe deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ave Maria Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ave Maria Village, 5.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ave Maria Village, 4.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ave Maria Village, 3.49% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who have had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ave Maria Village, 19.94% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ave Maria Village, 18.18% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ave Maria Village, 4.3% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ave Maria Village, 96.28% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ave Maria Village, 16.83% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ave Maria Village, 15.5% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Ave Maria Village, 1.33 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ave Maria Village, 15.5 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ave Maria Village, 10.21 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ave Maria Village, 80.25% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
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