Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center's website

1106 North Second Street,
Groton SD 57445

(605) 397-2365

97.87% estimated occupancy ¹

Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center is located in Groton, South Dakota. This facility was given an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road score. You could certainly do worse than this facility. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its strong inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pain Management
Oncology Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Lymphedema Care

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Facility Inspections

We would like to point out that this facility's inspection rating exceeded its overall score. This facility earned a grade of B+ in this area, which is a quality score. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Based on this, we still had a generally favorable view of this facility's inspections.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home was given its second highest category score in the area of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this category, which is a respectable grade. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The last statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

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Nurse Quality

One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Our nursing category weighs a handful of datapoints, many of which are based on nursing hours. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a low total compared with most other facilities. Finally, our nursing scores also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility's worst category was long-term care, which is the last category we assessed. For this area, we awarded this facility a grade of D. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We discovered that this nursing home provided the vaccine to only 53.043476 percent of its residents, which is a bit of a concern. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 6.6% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that suffer from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 5.44% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 3.35% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of long-term patients that sustained a UTI. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 19.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 14.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 4.93% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 94.89% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 21.3% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.08 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 21.3 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 10.25 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 79.4% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Sanford Aberdeen Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.82 miles away2905 3rd Ave Se Aberdeen South Dakota 57402Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 626-4200
Avera St LukesAcute Care Hospitals 18.38 miles away305 S State St Post Office Box 4450 Aberdeen South Dakota 57401Voluntary non-profit - Church(605) 622-5000

Nearby Dialysis

Total Renal Care Inc16.56 miles away3313 6th Ave Se Aberdeen South Dakota 57401Dialysis Stations: 8 (605) 225-7344
Avera St Lukes Hospital18.38 miles away305 S State St Aberdeen South Dakota 57401Dialysis Stations: 10 (605) 622-5550