Fountain Springs Healthcare

Nursing Home
Assisted Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Fountain Springs Healthcare's website

2000 Wesleyan Blvd,
Rapid City SD 57702

(605) 343-3555

107.46% estimated occupancy ¹

Fountain Springs Healthcare is a small nursing home located in Rapid City, South Dakota. This is a good facility with a B overall. This was right in line with the city grade in Rapid City. Based on all of the relevant data, you could do much worse than this nursing home. This facility is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Facility Inspections

On top of earning a strong overall score, this nursing home fared even better in the area of inspections which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

This facility is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of B. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is often a meaningful measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

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Long-term Care Quality

We also awarded this nursing home a solid grade in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. In our long-term care assessment, we look at the sheer quantity of services provided by a nursing home, as well as a series of qualitative measures. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. We were a bit worried that this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to only 88.44444 percent of its patients. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

The final category we scored is nursing. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this area. The nursing rating includes a handful of components, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, while this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this subcategory.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Fountain Springs Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 5.62% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percent of long-term residents who suffered falls resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 15.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 4.79% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 95.19% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 16.7% Percentage 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

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 19.23% Percentage 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

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 19.23 Percentage 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

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 10.33 Percentage 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

In Fountain Springs Healthcare, 80.24% Percentage 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
Nurse Rating has a grade of B
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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