With an address in Forest Lake, Minnesota, Birchwood Health Care Center is the lone facility we identified in this area. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility. This nursing home received one of the highest ratings that we offer. A grade in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. As you will see below, this facility also performed just fine in our category scores. It would be hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
Birchwood Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
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
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. 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.
Short-term Care Quality
To add to its top-shelf assessments in other areas, we awarded this facility a score of A for its short-term care grade. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. We looked at the levels of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses worked with residents, in computing our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the fourth category, this nursing home also performed admirably in our long-term care category. We awarded it a grade of B+ in that category. This rounded out a first-rate report card. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.73756 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia can be a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Birchwood Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients who had falls which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 4.58% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 93.31% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 13.09% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 18.07% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 12.51 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Birchwood Health Care Center, 76.76% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Fairview Lakes Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.61 miles away5200 Fairview Boulevard Wyoming Minnesota 55092Voluntary non-profit - Private(763) 389-6481
- Ladd Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.76 miles away2600 65th Avenue Osceola Wisconsin 54020Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 294-2111
- Healtheast St John's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.03 miles away1575 Beam Avenue Saint Paul Minnesota 55109Voluntary non-profit - Private(651) 232-7000
- Lakeview Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.3 miles away927 West Churchill Street Stillwater Minnesota 55082Voluntary non-profit - Private(651) 430-5330
- St Croix Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.55 miles away235 State Street Saint Croix Falls Wisconsin 54024Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 483-0556
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Wyoming Dialysis2.45 miles away5657 257th St Wyoming Minnesota 55092Dialysis Stations: 12 (651) 408-8938
- Fmc - Blaine Dialysis13.6 miles away12555 Central Ave Ne Minneapolis Minnesota 55434Dialysis Stations: 13 (763) 754-6774
- Central Avenue Dialysis14.65 miles away10994 Baltimore St Ne Minneapolis Minnesota 55449Dialysis Stations: 12 (763) 786-5026
- Fmc Dialysis - North Suburban17.6 miles away9144 Springbrook Dr Nw Minneapolis Minnesota 55433CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (763) 783-0103
- Fmc - Maplewood Heights17.61 miles away1725 Legacy Pkwy E Ste 200 Saint Paul Minnesota 55109CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (651) 748-7989
- Arden Hills Dialysis of Davita17.71 miles away3900 Northwoods Dr Ste 110 Saint Paul Minnesota 55112Dialysis Stations: 12 (651) 483-3159
- Maplewood Dialysis of Davita18.16 miles away2785 White Bear Ave, Suite 201 Saint Paul Minnesota 55109Dialysis Stations: 16 (651) 779-2222
- Coon Rapids Dialysis of Davita18.51 miles away3960 Coon Rapids Blvd, Suite 309 Minneapolis Minnesota 55433Dialysis Stations: 16 (763) 421-8717