Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center is located in Hibbing, Minnesota, a city with a total of 17,228 people. This proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the most impressive scores that we offer. In fact, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 100 best nursing homes in Minnesota. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of high-end facilities. Finally, this is a very consistent nursing home with consistently strong grades in each of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
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Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 98.156685 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility an A. The nursing grade assesses a handful of components, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 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 nursing home 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.
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Facility Inspections
We gave this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed is short-term care, where this nursing home received an A-. This wrapped up an elite report card. Very few facilities earned an A- or higher in every single category. In forming our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 1.82% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 7.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 4.63% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 15.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used to treat several conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 22.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 98.2% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 9.13% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 4.46% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 4.46% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center, 89.93% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- University Medical Center-Mesabi/ Mesaba ClinicsAcute Care Hospitals 1.61 miles away750 East 34th St Hibbing Minnesota 55746Voluntary non-profit - Other(218) 362-6730
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care of Hibbing2.61 miles away3899 Highway 73 Hibbing Minnesota 55746Dialysis Stations: 12 (218) 262-6267
- Fmc Dialysis - Eveleth18.97 miles away233 Mckinley Ave Eveleth Minnesota 55734Dialysis Stations: 12 (218) 744-3226