Essentia Health Fosston is a small non-profit nursing home in Fosston, Minnesota. This facility is ranked among the highest-graded nursing homes we looked at. A score in this range requires excellent marks across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the nation. This nursing home was also given phenomenal ratings in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
Essentia Health Fosston
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with residents, in computing our score in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
On the list of its many elite scores, this nursing home received an excellent long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in this area. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the amount 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 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to note the fact that this nursing home received a high-end grade of A- in our short-term care area. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This category is typically a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
For the last category we assessed, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an impressive grade of B+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Essentia Health Fosston Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Essentia Health Fosston, 6.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Essentia Health Fosston, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who had a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Essentia Health Fosston, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Essentia Health Fosston, 15.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Essentia Health Fosston, 11.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Essentia Health Fosston, 4.16% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Essentia Health Fosston, 94.15% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Essentia Health Fosston, 13.41% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Essentia Health Fosston, 15.86% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Essentia Health Fosston, 15.86 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Essentia Health FosstonCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away900 Hilligoss Boulevard Se Fosston Minnesota 56542Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 435-1133
- Sanford Bagley Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 16.13 miles away203 4th Street Northwest Bagley Minnesota 56621Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 694-6501