With an address in Madison, South Dakota, Bethel Lutheran Home is the lone nursing home we identified there. We awarded this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the country. You flat out can't do any better than this facility. Headlining this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.
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Bethel Lutheran Home
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- Independent Living
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to earning a quality overall grade, this facility also received excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best grades in that category, with a grade of A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also fared very well in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this area. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Moving on our next category, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for its short-term care grade. This is a very impressive rating. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This score is often a reliable assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
In our last area, we awarded this facility an A for our nursing grade. This rounded out a very strong report card. When determining a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses are with patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bethel Lutheran Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 5.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 7.77% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 2.54% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 18.93% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents that were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 19.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which are given antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 0% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 100% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 16.67% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 23.2% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bethel Lutheran Home, 23.2% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Madison Regional Health SystemCritical Access Hospitals 0.33 miles away323 Sw 10th St Madison South Dakota 57042Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 256-6551
Nearby Dialysis
- Madison Dialysis of Sanford Health0.75 miles away323 Sw 10th St Madison South Dakota 57042Dialysis Stations: 5 (605) 256-8870