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Benedictine Living Community–Ada

Nursing Home
Assisted Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Benedictine Living Community–Ada's website

201 9th Street West,
Ada MN 56510

(218) 784-5500

85.3% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Ada, Minnesota, Benedictine Living Community–Ada is the only nursing home we were able to find in the city. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this is without a doubt a very good nursing home. Based on our ratings, this place is really as good as it gets. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Audiology
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Lymphedema Care

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Facility Inspections

In addition to performing well overall, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that area with a grade of A+. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Nursing scores are mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. 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 nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

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Short-term Care Quality

Turning to the next area, this nursing home also received a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we size up the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is often a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The final category we graded is long-term care, where this nursing home received a B-. Even though this proved to be its poorest category grade, this is nevertheless not the end of the world. Our long-term care ratings are more important for folks in need of more traditional services associated with personal care. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinates 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Benedictine Living Community–Ada Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 4.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 7.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who have had a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 3.6% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 26.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 25.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 23.08% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients showing signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 98.73% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 20.16% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 17.83% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility. Some argue that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 17.83% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 24.54% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Benedictine Living Community–Ada, 91.65% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.