Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C is a small non-profit nursing home located in Melrose, Minnesota. It looks like this nursing home is one of the highest-graded facilities we looked at. A grade in this range requires top-notch scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the country. Finally, this worked out to be a very consistent facility with consistent grades in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A+. Inspection scores are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent 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
This nursing home also received a very strong short-term care grade. This actually ended up being this facility's second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of A-. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is long-term care. Contributing to its high-end resume, this nursing home also excelled in that area. In fact, it received a grade of of A- for that category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. 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 only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
In the last area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our nursing rating. This topped off a first-rate report card. Nursing grades are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as reliable measures of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 9.02% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 11.11% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients which have had falls resulting in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 0.41% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 15.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 8.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 1.26% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 99.21% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 14.05% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 9.76% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C, 9.76% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Centracare Health System - Melrose HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away525 West Main Street Melrose Minnesota 56352Voluntary non-profit - Private(320) 256-1761
- Centracare Health System - Sauk CentreCritical Access Hospitals 8 miles away425 North Elm Street Sauk Centre Minnesota 56378Voluntary non-profit - Private(320) 352-2221