Bowdle Nursing Home is a small government-owned facility located in Bowdle, South Dakota. With an overall score of A, this is clearly a top-shelf nursing home. In fact, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 25 best nursing homes in South Dakota. If you look below, you can see this nursing home's category ratings, which look to be equally strong as its overall rating.
Bowdle Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - City
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of faring well in its overall grade, this nursing home received an excellent inspection report. As a result, we gave it one of our highest grades in this category with a grade of A. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident at least once a day.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our next category, this facility was awarded first-rate long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in this category. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.4 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category, we gave this facility a grade of A for its short-term care rating. This rounded out a very favorable report card. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to gauge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bowdle Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 5.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced falls which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which experienced UTI's. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 15.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 4.79% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 95.19% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 16.7% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 19.23% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bowdle Nursing Home, 19.23 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.