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Knife River Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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118 22nd St Ne,
Beulah ND 58523

(701) 873-4322

93.02% estimated occupancy 1

Knife River Care Center is the only nursing home we were able to find in Beulah, North Dakota. Featuring an overall rating of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective residents. You can certainly do much worse than this facility. We also gave this nursing home phenomenal ratings in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our short-term care grade. Our short-term care scores are presumably more meaningful for people needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an B+. Nursing grades are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 North Dakota in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also performed at a high level in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. It earned one of our highest grades in that category with a grade of B+. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The last category we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility received a B+. This topped off a very favorable profile. Not many facilities received a B+ or better in all four categories. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Knife River Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Knife River Care Center, 9.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Knife River Care Center, 4.75% of Patients had Serious Falls

This gauges the percent of long-term residents who had falls leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Knife River Care Center, 6.41% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Knife River Care Center, 23.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Knife River Care Center, 10.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Knife River Care Center, 3.69% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Knife River Care Center, 97.29% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Knife River Care Center, 25% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Knife River Care Center, 20.32% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Knife River Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Knife River Care Center, 20.32% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Knife River Care Center, 87.55% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Sakakawea Medical Center - CahCritical Access Hospitals 7.93 miles away510 8th Avenue Ne Hazen North Dakota 58545Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 748-2225

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=355053