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Boundary Waters Care Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Boundary Waters Care Center's website

200 West Conan Street,
Ely MN 55731

(218) 365-8043

75.47% estimated occupancy 1

Boundary Waters Care Center is a facility in Ely, Minnesota, which has a population of 5,820 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is a very strong rating. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities in the country. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong report card is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph

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

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

On top of performing well in its overall score, this nursing home received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an A in that category. When computing our nursing ratings, we look at both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also was given a dominant long-term care grade. Indeed, this turned out to be this nursing home's second best category score. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A-. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 73.78641 percent of its residents. This is a few points less than we were hoping for. While 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 only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our stronger scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category 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 patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

Moving on to our inspection category, it appears this facility has received quality inspections in recent years as well. We gave it a score of B in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency 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.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Boundary Waters Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 4.58% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 93.31% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 13.09% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many believe this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 18.07% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that retained mobility levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 18.07 Percentage 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.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Boundary Waters Care Center, 76.76% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.