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Bethany on the Lake

Nursing Home
Adult Day Care
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Bethany on the Lake's website

1020 Lark Street,
Alexandria MN 56308

(320) 762-1567

90% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in Alexandria, Minnesota, Bethany on the Lake is one of just two available facilities in this area. Sporting an overall grade of A+, this facility is among the highest-graded facilities we found. In fact, this facility made our top 500 list of the best nursing homes in the nation, which is an impressive list. Headlining this facility's exemplary report card is its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
Recreational Therapy
Bariatric Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Minnesota Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Alexandria, Minnesota Awards 2021

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Short-term Care Quality

We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is more often than not a useful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

This top-shelf facility also performed remarkably in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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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. Nursing ratings are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 place Minnesota in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a patient more frequently.

Facility Inspections

Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an impressive grade of A. This wrapped up a straight A report card for this place. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Bethany on the Lake Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Bethany on the Lake, 3.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Bethany on the Lake, 2.98% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that have had a fall resulting in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Bethany on the Lake, 0.86% of Patients had UTIs

This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents who had UTI's. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Bethany on the Lake, 18.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Bethany on the Lake, 19.52% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Bethany on the Lake, 1.36% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many would argue that this is a measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Bethany on the Lake, 99.61% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Bethany on the Lake, 8.37% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Bethany on the Lake, 10.11% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Bethany on the Lake, 10.11% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Bethany on the Lake, 18.19% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Bethany on the Lake, 79.71% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

Alomere HealthAcute Care Hospitals 0.81 miles away111 17th Avenue East Alexandria Minnesota 56308Government - Local(320) 762-1511
Glacial Ridge HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.2 miles away10 4th Avenue Southeast Glenwood Minnesota 56334Government - Hospital District or Authority(320) 634-4521