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Firesteel Healthcare Community

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  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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1120 East 7th Avenue,
Mitchell SD 57301

(605) 996-6526

60.26% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Mitchell, South Dakota, Firesteel Healthcare Community is one of just a few facilities in the area. Featuring an overall grade of C, this appears to be a respectable facility. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home received consistently decent grades in all of the other areas we looked at. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Radiation Therapy

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home earned a short-term care score which is stronger than its overall grade. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B in this category. This helped its overall profile quite a bit. In our short-term care score, we strive to forge a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

This facility actually earned a solid inspection report this year as well, with few major dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better scores in that category with a B-. We were surprised this facility received multiple category grades of this caliber. We would argue that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. Nursing ratings are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final category we assessed was long-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of C in this category. In our long-term care rating, we look at the quantity of care provided by a nursing home, along with a handful of quality metrics. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 95.532646 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Firesteel Healthcare Community Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 8.29% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 6.53% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients that sustained falls which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 0.76% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 24.63% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This measures the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 0% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 96.48% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 11.89% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 10.91% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 10.91% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 12.69% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Firesteel Healthcare Community, 90.36% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Avera Queen of PeaceAcute Care Hospitals 0.14 miles away525 N Foster Mitchell South Dakota 57301Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 995-2000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Avera Dialysis - Mitchell1.15 miles away1900 Grassland Dr Ste 102 Mitchell South Dakota 57301Dialysis Stations: 12 (605) 995-6730
  • Mitchell Cmty Dialysis of Davita2.04 miles away819 E Spruce St Ste 100 Mitchell South Dakota 57301Dialysis Stations: 12 (605) 996-0097

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=435109