Eventide on Eighth Care Center is a large non-profit facility located in Moorhead, Minnesota. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack grade. Based on our assessment, this place has some redeeming qualities. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Eventide on Eighth 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
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
The main reason this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an elite nursing grade. In fact, we gave this facility a grade of A. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for residents and the skill levels of those nurses. 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 nursing home performed very well in the area of 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 also received a positive grade in our short-term care category. We awarded this nursing home a better than average grade of B in that area. Short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facilities third best area was long-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the road score in this category. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 94.299286 percent of its residents, which is higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Turning our final category, inspections proved to be this facility's weakest link. It received a C in this category. Inspection grades relate to a nursing home's government inspection reports. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were in categories J through L. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to put patient health or safety in immediate harm or jeopardy. Overall, this inspection report definitely could be much worse.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eventide on Eighth Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 6.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percent of long-term care residents which sustained a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 15.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 11.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 4.16% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 94.15% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 13.41% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 15.86% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 15.86 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 14.49 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Eventide on Eighth Care Center, 77.42% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- SanfordAcute Care Hospitals 1.93 miles away801 Broadway North Fargo North Dakota 58122Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 234-2000
- Essentia Health FargoAcute Care Hospitals 3.35 miles away3000 32nd Ave South Fargo North Dakota 58104Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 364-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Sanford Dialysis Fargo2.1 miles away2801 University Dr S Route 2005 Fargo North Dakota 58103CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (701) 234-8400
- Moorhead Dialysis - Davita2.63 miles away1710 Center Ave W Ste 100 Dilworth Minnesota 56529Dialysis Stations: 12 (218) 233-3354
- Davita - Fargo Dialysis4.41 miles away4474 23rd Ave S Suite M Fargo North Dakota 58104Dialysis Stations: 12 (701) 281-3900