Heritage Living Center
619 West Sixth Street, Park Rapids MN 56470 · (218) 732-3329 · 79.68% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Heritage Living Center is a small government-owned nursing home in Park Rapids, Minnesota. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a very respectable score. Based on our ratings, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 64 Beds
CCRC :
Government - County
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall score, this facility earned even higher marks in the area of nursing. In fact, we gave it one of our best scores in this category with a grade of A+. Nursing scores are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This particular facility provided 5.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest figures we found. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed as well as any facility Minnesota in this category. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and having a system of turning residents at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to this nursing home's list of accomplishments, it also was given a very favorable short-term care score. We gave them a strong strong of A in this category. In determining our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is typically a solid assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The last item we looked at in this category is the number of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Minnesota with 59.4 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, at most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term patients ever return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next highest category we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a B-. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of offering quality levels of nursing care and other staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.44752 percent of its residents. This percentage is higher than most nursing homes. This combination proved to be successful as this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.65 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
Turning our last category, inspections proved to be this nursing home's weakest link. It earned a C in this category. Inspection grades are based on a facility's government inspections. Inspection ratings are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to present an imminent danger to patient health or safety. We really did not consider anything on this place's inspection reports to be too alarming.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better