Episcopal Church Home of Minnesota
1879 Feronia Avenue, Saint Paul MN 55104 · (651) 646-4061 · 96.1% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With over 20 facilities to choose from in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Episcopal Church Home of Minnesota is one of the multitude of facilities here. With an overall score of A, we deemed this facility to be one of the twenty highest rated facilities in the city. Overall grades in this range are a great indication of a superb facility. We really can't say enough favorable things about this facility. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's remarkable report card is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 131 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. We assessed the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the number of hours those nurses spent with patients, in computing our score in this area. This place boasts a really impressive 5.1 hours of nursing care per patient each day, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. This is among the highest totals of nursing hours we found. On top of providing impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was elite in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Few facilities received a better grade in this area. In determining our short-term care scores, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is typically a fair measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. This nursing home offered more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Minnesota in this area with 58 percent of its patients returning home. At most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we scored is long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B-. Even though this is its weakest category score, this is still not a terrible score. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled therapy and medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After assessing the very respectable amount of nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 94.10256 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.11 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Episcopal Church Home of Minnesota Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better