Baptist Health Care Center

With an address in Bismarck, North Dakota, Baptist Health Care Center is one of six available facilities there. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade of this caliber requires strong marks in most areas. Based on our analysis, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. Fortunately, this facility did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories is available below.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home was awarded high grades in the category of long-term care as well. As a result, it received one of our most elite scores in that area with a area of A. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to elite nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination statistics was as good as it gets as well. Indeed, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.1 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Nursing scores are tied to nurse staffing levels. This facility provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a very impressive statistic which typically corresponds with higher quality care. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is often an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided with better nursing care and having a policy of regularly turning residents to avoid bed sores.

Moving on to the final area, this facility was awarded a respectable short-term care score. While this is not nearly as impressive as some of its other grades, this is really not the end of the world. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 33.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.