Evansville Care Center is a small nursing home located in Evansville, Minnesota. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-graded nursing homes we found. A grade in this range requires excellent marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. This nursing home was also given phenomenal scores in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Evansville Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving an elite overall rating, this facility also received an A+ inspection score. This is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Inspection ratings are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its first-rate assessment, this facility also was awarded an excellent long-term care grade, with a score of A. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 97.4026 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. Our nursing grade analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of skill of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility 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.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we scored was short-term care, where this facility was given an A-. This wrapped up a first-rate profile. Very few facilities earned an A- or better in every single category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is often a useful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Evansville Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Evansville Care Center, 6.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Evansville Care Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that had a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Evansville Care Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can minimize 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 incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Evansville Care Center, 15.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients who were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Evansville Care Center, 11.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Evansville Care Center, 4.16% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Evansville Care Center, 94.15% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Evansville Care Center, 13.41% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Evansville Care Center, 15.86% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Evansville Care Center, 15.86 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Evansville Care Center, 77.42% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Alomere HealthAcute Care Hospitals 18 miles away111 17th Avenue East Alexandria Minnesota 56308Government - Local(320) 762-1511
Nearby Dialysis
- Centracare Kidney PROG at Douglas County Hosp17.86 miles away111 17th Ave S Alexandria Minnesota 56308Dialysis Stations: 7 (320) 762-1226