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Fountain Springs Healthcare

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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2000 Wesleyan Blvd,
Rapid City SD 57702

(605) 343-3555

106.35% estimated occupancy 1

Fountain Springs Healthcare is a small nursing home located in Rapid City, South Dakota. Featuring an overall score of B-, this is a middle of the pack nursing home. Based on our ratings, there are certainly far worse nursing homes out there. This facility was stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • 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
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

We also gave this nursing home a positive grade in short-term care. This facility received a B in this category, which is one of our more impressive grades. Short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is well below average. Finally, nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Our next area is long-term care, where we gave this facility a C in that area. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Fountain Springs Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 9.2% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 5.77% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing care limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 1.54% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 21.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 10.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 0% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 99.15% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 10.47% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 12.25% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 12.25% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 14.91% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 74.38% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.

Scores for Rapid City, SD

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Rapid City, South Dakota has 6 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Regional Health Rapid City HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.46 miles away353 Fairmont Blvd Post Office Box 6000 Rapid City South Dakota 57701Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 755-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Regional Dialysis Center2.98 miles away640 Flormann Street Suite 401 Rapid City South Dakota 57701CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (605) 755-6950
  • Regional Dialysis Center - Rcrh3.61 miles away353 Fairmont Blvd Rapid City South Dakota 57701Dialysis Stations: 3 (605) 755-2165

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=435110