Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is a nursing home in Franklin, Minnesota, a city with a total of 856 people. With an overall score of C, this appears to be a middle of the road facility. Based on our assessment, there are definitely much worse places out there. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was short-term care, which is discussed in the next section.
Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Physical Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's short-term care score is notably more impressive than its overall score. Due to a strong performance in this category, it received one of our better grades in that area with a grade of B+. In determining these short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to create a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. It does not look like this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it earned an B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection grades are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Nursing homes that excel in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
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Nurse Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we consider the amount of time nurses are seeing residents as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, while this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this subcategory.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at is long-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. We gave it an F in this area, which is certainly very concerning. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 89.81481 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 4.58% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients showing symptoms of depression. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 93.31% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 13.09% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 18.07% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Franklin Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 76.76% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Carris Health - Redwood, LLCCritical Access Hospitals 11.05 miles away100 Fallwood Road Redwood Falls Minnesota 56283Government - Local(507) 637-4500
- Sleepy Eye Municipal HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.17 miles away400 Fourth Avenue Northwest Sleepy Eye Minnesota 56085Government - Local(507) 794-3571
- Mayo Clinic Health System-SpringfieldCritical Access Hospitals 19.53 miles away625 Jackson Avenue North Springfield Minnesota 56087Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 723-6201
Nearby Dialysis
- Redwood Falls Dialysis of Davita10.85 miles away1104 E Bridge St Redwood Falls Minnesota 56283Dialysis Stations: 8 (507) 637-2076
- St. Cloud Hospital18.11 miles away600 E Park Ave Olivia Minnesota 56277Dialysis Stations: 10 (320) 523-1046