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Boundary Waters Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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200 West Conan Street,
Ely MN 55731

(218) 365-8043

75.23% estimated occupancy 1

Boundary Waters Care Center is a facility in Ely, Minnesota, which has a population of 5,820 people. This nursing home is a grade A facility, which is a high-end rating. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top fifth of all nursing homes nationally. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Aquatic Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. When calculating our nursing scores, we assess both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

We also want to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was awarded a high-end grade of A in our long-term care category. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 88.28829 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In our last category, we awarded this facility an A for our short-term care score. This wrapped up a very favorable report card. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Boundary Waters Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 4.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 2.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care patients that have had a fall which resulted in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 0.93% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 7.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay residents which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 2.97% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 91.56% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 11.22% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 18.71% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is vital to residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 18.71% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Ely Bloomenson Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.03 miles away328 West Conan Street Ely Minnesota 55731Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 365-3271

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  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=245138