Fargo Elim Health Care Center

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Compounding its first-rate accomplishments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. It goes without saying that we were impressed with what we found for this area.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0 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 when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The final category we rated is short-term care, where this facility received a grade of B+. This rounded out a very favorable profile. Very few facilities received a B+ or better in every single category. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be most important for people needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not appear that this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.