Baptist Health & Rehab is a large non-profit nursing home located in Bismarck, North Dakota. Sporting an overall rating of A-, this facility is among the better facilities we assessed. This grade is higher than the city grade of A- in Bismarck, which is also an impressive grade. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card was its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
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Baptist Health & Rehab
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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
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 primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a favorable long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This is a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we analyzed, this nursing home received an impressive grade grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this score, the facility completed an elite profile. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Baptist Health & Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 5.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 4.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that have suffered a fall leading to major injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 3.49% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who experienced UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 19.94% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 18.18% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 4.3% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 96.28% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 16.83% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 15.5% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 1.33 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 15.5 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 10.21 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Baptist Health & Rehab, 80.25% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Bismarck, ND
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Bismarck, North Dakota has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Chi St Alexius HealthAcute Care Hospitals 2.93 miles away900 E Broadway Bismarck North Dakota 58501Voluntary non-profit - Church(701) 530-7000
- Sanford Medical Center BismarckAcute Care Hospitals 2.98 miles away300 N 7th St Bismarck North Dakota 58506Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 323-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Chi St Alexius Health - Bismarck Dialysis2.89 miles away900 E Broadway Bismarck North Dakota 58501CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (701) 530-8350
- Sanford Tom and Frances Leach Bismarck Dialysis3.02 miles away209 N 7th St Bismarck North Dakota 58501CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (701) 323-2800