Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care's website

717 East Dakota,
Pierre SD 57501

(605) 224-3163

103.25% estimated occupancy ¹

Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care is a small hospital-based facility in Pierre, South Dakota. This nursing home proved to be an A+ rated facility, which is the best score that we offer. Based on our assessment, you can't go wrong here. One of the best aspects of this facility's stellar report card is its long-term care rating. We discuss long-term care in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Lymphedema Care

Awards

Top Nursing Home in South Dakota Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Pierre, South Dakota Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in South Dakota Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Pierre, South Dakota Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in South Dakota Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Pierre, South Dakota Awards 2021

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Long-term Care Quality

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 93.51351 percent of its patients. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS 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.

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Nurse Quality

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

In the final area, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for our short-term care grade. This completed a first-rate report card. Short-term care grades are typically employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care, 5.62% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have had urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care, 15.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care, 4.79% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care, 95.19% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care, 16.7% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care, 19.23% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.