Friendship Village of Bloomington is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Minneapolis, Minnesota with a total of 1,022,298 people. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility. It received one of the top ratings we offer. A score in this range requires superb scores across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top ten percentile of all facilities in the United States. As you will find below, this place performed just as well in our category scores. We gave it a straight A report card!
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Friendship Village of Bloomington
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Nurse Quality
On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility received a first-rate nursing score. In fact, we gave it an A in that area. Our nursing grade includes many components, but the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning patients even once per day.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this area. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was strong in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Not many nursing homes received a better grade in this area. Our short-term care ratings are presumably more important for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on 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 nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
In our last category, this facility also was given a very strong long-term care score, with an A. This topped off an elite report card. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 96.954315 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Friendship Village of Bloomington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 3.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 2.54% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 1.56% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 5.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 0.54% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 97.98% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 10.92% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 14.87% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels. Some argue that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 14.87% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 10.2% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Friendship Village of Bloomington, 75.77% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Minneapolis, MN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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