Good Shepherd Lutheran Home
1115 4th Avenue North, Sauk Rapids MN 56379 · (320) 252-6525 · 91.91% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, Good Shepherd Lutheran Home is the lone option located there. With an A overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the country. Based on the data we reviewed, you can't go wrong with this place. This place also received very consistent scores in all four of our categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 162 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. There are a host of datapoints included in this area. Most of the datapoints are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This was one of the higher totals we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics are impressive. In addition to offering impressive levels of care, this facility also fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also fared very well in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A. Not many facilities performed better in this area. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that returned home from the nursing home. This place fared better than most nursing homes in this area with 53.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Racking up another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received an A-. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category we graded, this nursing home was given an impressive grade grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility rounded out an elite profile. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to offering well above average levels of nursing care and other staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.439255 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.77 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than the majority of nursing homes since it had more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better