With an address in Fargo, North Dakota, Eventide Fargo is one of seven nursing homes there. Sporting an overall rating of A, this is clearly an elite facility. Based on our assessment, this facility is a no brainer for most people. As you can see below, this place also performed well in our category grades. It is hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
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Eventide Fargo
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, it also earned A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections were nearly perfect. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem 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.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded an A+ long-term care grade, making it one of the few facilities to be given several A+ category scores. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is short-term care. In this category, we awarded this facility a favorable grade of B. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eventide Fargo Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Eventide Fargo, 5.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Eventide Fargo, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Eventide Fargo, 1.78% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Eventide Fargo, 17.58% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Eventide Fargo, 20.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Eventide Fargo, 0.59% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients showing symptoms of depression. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Eventide Fargo, 100% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Eventide Fargo, 9.03% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Eventide Fargo, 14.31% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Eventide Fargo, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Eventide Fargo, 14.31% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Eventide Fargo, 9.83% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Eventide Fargo, 85.9% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Fargo, ND
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Fargo, North Dakota has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Essentia Health FargoAcute Care Hospitals 2.17 miles away3000 32nd Ave South Fargo North Dakota 58104Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 364-8000
- SanfordAcute Care Hospitals 5.47 miles away801 Broadway North Fargo North Dakota 58122Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 234-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Fargo Dialysis1.03 miles away4474 23rd Ave S Suite M Fargo North Dakota 58104Dialysis Stations: 12 (701) 281-3900
- Sanford Dialysis Fargo3.53 miles away2801 University Dr S Route 2005 Fargo North Dakota 58103CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (701) 234-8400
- Moorhead Dialysis - Davita7.93 miles away1710 Center Ave W Ste 100 Dilworth Minnesota 56529Dialysis Stations: 12 (218) 233-3354