Belgrade Nursing Home is the lone facility we identified in Belgrade, Minnesota. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the best facilities we found. In fact, it received the very best grade. In fact, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the top 25 nursing homes in Minnesota. This also worked out to be a very consistent facility with consistent grades in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories is available below.
Belgrade Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Optometry
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite facility overall, this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Very few nursing homes performed this well in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place 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
The next area we assessed was long-term care. This facility also received an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few facilities to be awarded multiple A+ category grades. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final category, this facility also received an impressive short-term care rating, with an A. This finished off a very favorable report card. In determining our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is often a fair measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Belgrade Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 4.58% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 93.31% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 13.09% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 18.07% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility. Many argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Belgrade Nursing Home, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Centra Care Health PaynesvilleCritical Access Hospitals 15 miles away200 1st Street West Paynesville Minnesota 56362Voluntary non-profit - Private(320) 243-3779
- Centracare Health System - Melrose HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.01 miles away525 West Main Street Melrose Minnesota 56352Voluntary non-profit - Private(320) 256-1761