With an address in Hendricks, Minnesota, Hendricks Community Hospital is the only facility located in this area. Featuring an overall grade of A, this nursing home is one of the top nursing homes we found. In addition, this is a hospital-based nursing home, which may add peace of mind for prospective residents with medical conditions frequently requiring hospitalization. If you look below, you will see this facility's category ratings, which are equally strong as its overall rating.
Hendricks Community Hospital
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. There are a number of subcategories included in this area. Many of the datapoints are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning patients even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility was awarded first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in that category. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a deadly illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility does not take any chances. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also want to note the fact that this facility received a high-end score of A in our short-term care category. In determining our short-term care scores, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is often a solid measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Finally, this nursing home has received near flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this category. This is one of the few facilities in the country to receive an A- or better in every single category. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hendricks Community Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 16.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 4.58% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 93.31% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 13.09% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 18.07% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hendricks Community Hospital, 18.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Hendricks Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away503 E Lincoln Street Hendricks Minnesota 56136Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 275-3134
- Sanford Canby Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.57 miles away112 St Olaf Avenue South Canby Minnesota 56220Government - Hospital District or Authority(507) 223-7277
Nearby Dialysis
- Sanford Canby Dialysis15.56 miles away112 St Olaf Ave S Canby Minnesota 56220Dialysis Stations: 2 (507) 223-7277