Essentia Health - Homestead

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Essentia Health - Homestead's website

115 10th Avenue Northeast,
Deer River MN 56636

(218) 246-4510

60.31% estimated occupancy ¹

Essentia Health - Homestead is a facility located in Deer River, Minnesota, a city with 5,137 people. This turns out to be a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. We also wanted to point out that this place is located in a hospital. Typically, this means that more intensive healthcare services are available. Fortunately, this place didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Nurse Quality

In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this facility performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing ratings are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding 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 fared well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a score of A for that category, which turns out to be one of our most elite scores. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

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Facility Inspections

We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report, which is still very impressive. One deficiency is not anything to panic about.

Long-term Care Quality

Moving on to the next category, this facility received a decent long-term care grade. Although this wasn't nearly as elite as some of its other grades, this is still nothing to be ashamed of. Long-term care grades focus on a facility's personal care instead of the skilled nursing and medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 94.28571 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was also 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.

Essentia Health - Homestead Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents which had falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic can be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term stay patients which were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 4.58% of Patients

This is the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 93.31% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 13.09% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 18.07% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Essentia Health - Homestead, 76.76% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

Deer River Healthcare CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away115 10th Avenue Northeast Deer River Minnesota 56636Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 246-2900
Grand Itasca Clinic and HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.96 miles away1601 Golf Course Road Grand Rapids Minnesota 55744Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 326-3401