Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Duluth, Minnesota. This facility was given a bottom of the barrel overall grade based on the data we assessed. At the end of the day, you'd be better off to avoid of this facility. Finally, this facility had an ownership change in the last year, so hopefully its performance improves in the coming year.
Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Lymphedema Care
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B+ for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating is largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also didn't rate poorly in the area of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a C in that area, which wound up being another one of its higher grades. In our short-term care category, we try to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical facility. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
We wanted to note that this nursing home received a lowly F for its inspection grade. An F in this category is alarming because it usually points to red flags on the nursing home's government inspections. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection score. We would scrutinize the severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home was assessed a category J through K deficiency, which rank among the worst categories of deficiencies. This generally means that inspectors identified a deficiency which places patient health or safety in immediate danger. Lastly, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed significant government fines recently of over $100,000. This typically means that a facility's poor track record has been an issue for more than one year.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed was long-term care. This nursing home received a very poor grade of F in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the facility is not as well-staffed. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We found that this facility gave the vaccine to just 87.12121 percent of its residents, which is a bit of a concern. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 4.58% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents showing symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 93.31% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 13.09% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 18.07% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.51 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center, 76.76% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
Scores for Duluth, MN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Duluth, Minnesota has 7 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.16 miles away407 East Third Street Duluth Minnesota 55805Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 786-4000
- St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.28 miles away915 East 1st Street Duluth Minnesota 55805Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 249-5555
- Essentia Health St Mary's Hospital - SuperiorCritical Access Hospitals 8.29 miles away3500 Tower Ave Superior Wisconsin 54880Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 817-7000
- Community Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.98 miles away512 Skyline Boulevard Cloquet Minnesota 55720Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 879-4641
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis - Duluth2.23 miles away530 East 2nd St Duluth Minnesota 55805Dialysis Stations: 18 (218) 786-1533
- Fresenius Medical Care - Spirit Valley5.39 miles away4700 Mike Colalillo Drive Duluth Minnesota 55807Dialysis Stations: 22 (218) 624-7787
- Fmc Dialysis - Superior8.35 miles away3500 Tower Avenue Superior Wisconsin 54880Dialysis Stations: 8 (715) 395-2199
- Fresenius Medical Care - Cloquet16.97 miles away512 Skyline Blvd Cloquet Minnesota 55720Dialysis Stations: 8 (218) 879-3051