Ebenezer Care Center
2545 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis MN 55404 · (612) 879-2261 · 95.54% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Ebenezer Care Center is an average-sized non-profit facility located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most prospective patients. You can definitely do much worse than this nursing home. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing score, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 119 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall score, this facility earned even higher marks in nursing. In fact, we gave it one of our highest scores in this category with an A. The nursing grade is based on several subcategories, however, the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Approximately a quarter of these hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled nurses. This is an impressive percentage of skilled nursing care. We weight these hours performed by skilled nurses more in calculating our nursing ratings. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other achievements is its first-rate short-term care grade. We awarded them one of our most impressive grades in that area, with a grade of A-. Our short-term care grade is often used to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. One reason for this facility's favorable score in this category is that it offers more care from registered nurses than a typical nursing home. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that it performed better than most facilities in this area with 52.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Turning to another of this facility's strengths, it also earned a very impressive inspection rating. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A-. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed is long-term care, which turned out to be a weak link for this facility. We gave this facility a D in long-term care, rendering this the nursing home's least impressive category. We would nevertheless suggest that you consider all of a nursing home's grades. For patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 97.65808 percent of its residents, which is better than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.71 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ebenezer Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better