Essentia Health Oak Crossing is in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. It looks like this nursing home is among the most elite facilities we assessed. A grade in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. You really can't do any better than this nursing home. Headlining this place's stellar profile is its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.
Essentia Health Oak Crossing
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its strong achievements in other areas, we awarded this facility a score of A for its short-term care grade. In computing our short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care. Adding to its strong profile, this facility also performed well in this category. In fact, we awarded it a of A- for that area. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid negative health outcomes for the senior population. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our last area, this nursing home also performed well in our nursing category. We awarded it an A- for this area. This rounded out a straight A profile. Our nursing category assesses a handful of subcategories, most of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Essentia Health Oak Crossing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 6.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which experienced falls resulting 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 levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 15.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 11.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 4.16% of Patients
This is the percent of patients demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression may imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 94.15% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 13.41% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 15.86% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Some argue that mobility is critical to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 15.86 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 14.49 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Essentia Health Oak Crossing, 77.42% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Perham HealthCritical Access Hospitals 19.31 miles away1000 Coney Street West Perham Minnesota 56573Government - Hospital District or Authority(218) 347-1301
Nearby Dialysis
- Sanford Dialysis Detroit Lakes0.14 miles away114 East Frazee Street Detroit Lakes Minnesota 56501Dialysis Stations: 15 (218) 847-0825
- Sanford Detroit Lakes Home Dialysis0.33 miles away1245 Washington Ave Detroit Lakes Minnesota 56501Dialysis Stations: 3 (218) 846-7085
- White Earth Dialysis19.76 miles away26246 Crane Rd White Earth Minnesota 56591Dialysis Stations: 8 (218) 983-4699