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Covenant Living of Golden Valley

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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5825 St Croix Avenue,
Minneapolis MN 55422

(763) 546-6125

83.42% estimated occupancy 1

Covenant Living of Golden Valley is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which offers an abundance of nursing homes. Featuring an overall score of A+, this is actually one of the five highest rated nursing homes in the city. Based on our ratings, you can't go wrong with this nursing home. Keep reading to find this facility's category ratings, which are equally impressive. You really can't do any better than a straight A report card.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • No Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Minnesota Awards 2020

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Top Nursing Home in Minnesota Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being an elite facility overall, this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few facilities fared as well in this category. Inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also received an A+ short-term care grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive several A+ category scores. Our short-term care ratings are likely more important for folks needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In our final area, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our long-term care grade. This rounded out a very impressive profile. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 94.73684 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Covenant Living of Golden Valley Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 12.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who have experienced a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 5.26% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 19.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 2.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 1.89% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 97.37% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 10.84% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 10.07% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 10.07% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 7.6% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Covenant Living of Golden Valley, 64.55% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Minneapolis, MN

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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Nearby Dialysis

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