Chosen Valley Care Center is an average-sized non-profit facility in Chatfield, Minnesota. Sporting an overall grade of B, this is a fine nursing home. At the end of the day, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Chosen Valley Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
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Facility Inspections
In addition to earning a great overall score, this nursing home fared even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspection reports. We awarded it an A- for that area, which is one of our highest grades. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We weighed the levels of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in determining our grade in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning residents even once per day.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed was long-term care. This facility was given an impressive long-term care grade, with a grade of B in the category. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 95.98214 percent of its patients, which is higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Our last area is short-term care, where we gave this facility a grade of B- in that area. Our short-term care scores are likely most important for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chosen Valley Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 6.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who have experienced a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 15.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 11.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 4.16% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 94.15% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 13.41% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 15.86% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 15.86 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 14.49 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Chosen Valley Care Center, 77.42% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Olmsted Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.05 miles away1650 Fourth Street Southeast Rochester Minnesota 55904Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 287-2761
- Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterAcute Care Hospitals 19.61 miles away1216 Second Street Southwest Rochester Minnesota 55902Voluntary non-profit - Church(507) 255-1991
Nearby Dialysis
- Rochester Dialysis of Davita17.23 miles away2660 S Broadway Ste A Rochester Minnesota 55904Dialysis Stations: 12 (507) 288-1617
- Mayo Dialysis Rochester - Northeast19.61 miles away3041 Stonehedge Drive Ne Rochester Minnesota 55906CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (507) 538-8580