Harmony River Living Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Featuring an overall score of A, this nursing home is ranked among the top facilities we found. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also strong. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Harmony River Living Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home has received near flawless health inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also want to emphasize the fact that this nursing home was given an elite score of A in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.74425 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Nursing grades are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This facility 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 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 many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final area, we gave this facility an A+ for its short-term care rating. This wrapped up a very favorable report card. Our short-term care ratings are probably more important for patients requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Harmony River Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Harmony River Living Center, 4.68% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Harmony River Living Center, 6.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients that experienced a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Harmony River Living Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Harmony River Living Center, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Harmony River Living Center, 18.08% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Harmony River Living Center, 6.79% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Harmony River Living Center, 83.76% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Harmony River Living Center, 18.24% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Harmony River Living Center, 19.5% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Harmony River Living Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Harmony River Living Center, 19.5% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Harmony River Living Center, 8.92% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Harmony River Living Center, 94.63% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Hutchinson HealthAcute Care Hospitals 0.77 miles away1095 Highway 15 South Hutchinson Minnesota 55350Voluntary non-profit - Private(320) 234-5000
- Glencoe Regional Health ServicesCritical Access Hospitals 12.14 miles away1805 Hennepin Avenue North Glencoe Minnesota 55336Voluntary non-profit - Other(320) 864-3121
- Meeker Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.23 miles away612 South Sibley Avenue Litchfield Minnesota 55355Government - Local(320) 693-4507
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis - Hutchinson0.82 miles away1069 Highway 15 South Hutchinson Minnesota 55350Dialysis Stations: 12 (320) 234-4940
- Davita - Glencoe Dialysis12.41 miles away1123 Hennepin Ave N Glencoe Minnesota 55336Dialysis Stations: 8 (320) 864-1901
- Centracare Kidney Program - Litchfield19.34 miles away520 Us Highway 12 E Ste 6 Litchfield Minnesota 55355Dialysis Stations: 9 (320) 693-7777