Interfaith Care Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Carlton, Minnesota. It looks like this nursing home is one of the best facilities we found. A score in this range requires superb marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. If you look further down this page, you will see this place's category scores, which are also quite good.
Interfaith Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. When calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we assess the amount of time nurses commit to patients as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This facility provided 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 nursing home Minnesota in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a resident more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
We also want to emphasize the fact that this nursing home received a strong score of A in our short-term care category. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was long-term care. This nursing home received an above average long-term care score, with a grade of B+ in the category. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
Wrapping up its excellent profile, this nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that area. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few minor dings are not the end of the world.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Interfaith Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Interfaith Care Center, 6.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Interfaith Care Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Interfaith Care Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Interfaith Care Center, 15.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Interfaith Care Center, 11.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Interfaith Care Center, 4.16% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Interfaith Care Center, 94.15% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Interfaith Care Center, 13.41% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Interfaith Care Center, 15.86% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Interfaith Care Center, 15.86 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Interfaith Care Center, 14.49 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Interfaith Care Center, 77.42% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Community Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 4.55 miles away512 Skyline Boulevard Cloquet Minnesota 55720Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 879-4641
- Essentia Health St Mary's Hospital - SuperiorCritical Access Hospitals 15.28 miles away3500 Tower Ave Superior Wisconsin 54880Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 817-7000
- Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.63 miles away407 East Third Street Duluth Minnesota 55805Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 786-4000
- St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.16 miles away915 East 1st Street Duluth Minnesota 55805Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 249-5555
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care - Cloquet4.54 miles away512 Skyline Blvd Cloquet Minnesota 55720Dialysis Stations: 8 (218) 879-3051
- Fresenius Medical Care - Spirit Valley13.54 miles away4700 Mike Colalillo Drive Duluth Minnesota 55807Dialysis Stations: 22 (218) 624-7787
- Fmc Dialysis - Superior15.36 miles away3500 Tower Avenue Superior Wisconsin 54880Dialysis Stations: 8 (715) 395-2199
- Fmc Dialysis - Duluth17.8 miles away530 East 2nd St Duluth Minnesota 55805Dialysis Stations: 18 (218) 786-1533