Halstad Living Center is located in Halstad, Minnesota. After receiving an A overall grade, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 100 best facilities in Minnesota. This is an impressive feat in a state with a long list of elite nursing homes. You simply can not do any better than this facility. This also ended up being a very consistent facility with consistently strong ratings in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories is available below.
Halstad Living Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it received one of our best grades in that category with an A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite insignificant. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also fared very well in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A. Very few facilities received a better grade in this area. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.35065 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. Our nursing score consists of a handful of subcategories, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category we rated, this facility received a very favorable grade of A- in our short-term care category. With this score, the nursing home completed a straight A profile. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Halstad Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Halstad Living Center, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Halstad Living Center, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Halstad Living Center, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Halstad Living Center, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Halstad Living Center, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Halstad Living Center, 4.58% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Halstad Living Center, 93.31% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Halstad Living Center, 13.09% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Halstad Living Center, 18.07% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Halstad Living Center, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sanford Medical Center HillsboroCritical Access Hospitals 11.62 miles away12 Third Street Se Hillsboro North Dakota 58045Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 636-3200
- Essentia Health AdaCritical Access Hospitals 14.12 miles away201 9th Street West Ada Minnesota 56510Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 784-5000