Avera Brady Health and Rehab is a senior living facility in Mitchell, South Dakota, a city with a total of 18,375 people. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top five percent of all facilities in the United States. In our view, this place would be a great choice for just about anybody. This facility was also given impressive grades in each of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Avera Brady Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was dominant in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Very few facilities performed better in this area. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Nursing grades are largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a resident more often.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the next category, this nursing home also performed well in our short-term care category. We awarded it a grade of A for that category. This finalized truly elite profile. Our short-term care grade is typically used to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to offer high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Avera Brady Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 5.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure 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 drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 15.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 4.79% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 95.19% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 16.7% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 19.23% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 19.23 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 10.33 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avera Brady Health and Rehab, 80.24% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Avera Queen of PeaceAcute Care Hospitals 2.05 miles away525 N Foster Mitchell South Dakota 57301Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 995-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Avera Dialysis - Mitchell0.89 miles away1900 Grassland Dr Ste 102 Mitchell South Dakota 57301Dialysis Stations: 12 (605) 995-6730
- Mitchell Cmty Dialysis of Davita1.82 miles away819 E Spruce St Ste 100 Mitchell South Dakota 57301Dialysis Stations: 12 (605) 996-0097