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Green Lea Senior Living

Nursing Home
Independent Living
Assisted Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Green Lea Senior Living's website

115 North Lyndale, Rr 2 Box 49,
Mabel MN 55954

(507) 493-5436

74.39% estimated occupancy ¹

Green Lea Senior Living is the only option we identified in Mabel, Minnesota. We gave this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. This is just about as good of a place as you're going to find. This facility also received consistently good scores in all of our categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
Dentistry
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this place also performed well in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to resident health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent short-term care grade, with a grade of A. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

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Nurse Quality

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. When computing our nursing scores, we factor in both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

The last area we rated is long-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our better scores in this category, with a grade of B. While this wasn't as strong as many of this facility's other grades, it is still a perfectly acceptable grade. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 72.22222 percent of its patients, which is slightly less than we were hoping for. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 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.

Green Lea Senior Living Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Green Lea Senior Living, 6.02% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Green Lea Senior Living, 7.41% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Green Lea Senior Living, 0.95% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Green Lea Senior Living, 10.58% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Green Lea Senior Living, 12.37% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Green Lea Senior Living, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may imply lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Green Lea Senior Living, 78.08% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Green Lea Senior Living, 9.47% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.