Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community is a facility in Aberdeen, South Dakota, a city with a population of 30,061 people. With an A overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top ten percent of all facilities in the country. Based on our ratings, this place is simply as good as it gets. If you look below, you will see this place's category scores, which look to be equally impressive as its overall grade.
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Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite nursing home overall, this facility performed well in our inspections category, where it received a grade of A+. Very few nursing homes fared as well in this category. Inspection scores account for a host of 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 better grades in this area tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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. Our nursing score includes a handful of datapoints, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility 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 prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of turning a patient more frequently.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a high-end long-term care grade. Indeed, this turned out to be this facility's third best category score. In that category, this facility received a score of A. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to minimize negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. 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 a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded an A-. This completed a very impressive profile. Not many nursing homes earned an A- or higher in every category. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 7.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 4.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing care can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 3.77% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay residents that had urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 21.57% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 15.08% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 7.26% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 96.44% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 16.45% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 16.22% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 1.2 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 16.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 13.35 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, 84.99% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Avera St LukesAcute Care Hospitals 0.99 miles away305 S State St Post Office Box 4450 Aberdeen South Dakota 57401Voluntary non-profit - Church(605) 622-5000
- Sanford Aberdeen Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2 miles away2905 3rd Ave Se Aberdeen South Dakota 57402Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 626-4200
Nearby Dialysis
- Avera St Lukes Hospital1.02 miles away305 S State St Aberdeen South Dakota 57401Dialysis Stations: 10 (605) 622-5550
- Total Renal Care Inc2.33 miles away3313 6th Ave Se Aberdeen South Dakota 57401Dialysis Stations: 8 (605) 225-7344