Heritage Living Center is a small government-owned facility located in Park Rapids, Minnesota. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this facility has the distinction of being one of the 25 best nursing homes in Minnesota. We couldn't find many bad things to say about this place. Its scores are just impeccable. This facility was also given phenomenal ratings in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Heritage Living Center
- Nursing Home
- Contracted 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
- Government - County
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in long-term care. We awarded them an A+ in this area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.07692 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few facilities to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. This score is based on the place's government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was given an elite score of A in our short-term care area. With our short-term care category, we try to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational 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 data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
In our last category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our nursing score. This topped off a very strong profile. There are numerous criteria within this category. Many of these data points relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning patients more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Living Center, 1.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Living Center, 10.58% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Living Center, 0.97% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Living Center, 10.58% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Living Center, 16.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Living Center, 2% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Living Center, 99.04% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Living Center, 15.62% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Living Center, 11.66% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Living Center, 11.66% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Living Center, 29.05% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Living Center, 84.25% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Josephs Area Health ServicesCritical Access Hospitals 0.31 miles away600 Pleasant Avenue Park Rapids Minnesota 56470Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 732-3311