Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center is the sole facility located in Fairmont, Minnesota. After receiving an overall rating of A, this facility is one of the most impressive nursing homes we looked at. We rated this facility in the top 100 nursing homes in Minnesota, which is a distinguished list. We also gave this facility strong scores in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing score is mostly tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its high-end resume, this facility also was awarded an excellent long-term care score, with a grade of A. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 95.67308 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. 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 only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we rated, this facility was given an impressive grade grade of A- in our short-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home rounded out a straight A report card. With our short-term care assessment, we strive to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 10.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 3.85% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have suffered falls leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 1.45% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 9.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 6.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 1.5% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 93.78% 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
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 10.7% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 19.45% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 19.45% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 30.51% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, 84.84% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mayo Clinic Health System - FairmontAcute Care Hospitals 1.23 miles away800 Medical Center Drive, PO Box 800 Fairmont Minnesota 56031Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 238-8101
- United Hospital DistrictCritical Access Hospitals 18.7 miles away515 South Moore Street, PO Box 160 Blue Earth Minnesota 56013Government - Hospital District or Authority(507) 526-3273
Nearby Dialysis
- Mayo Dialysis - Fairmont1.33 miles away835 Johnson St Fairmont Minnesota 56031Dialysis Stations: 12 (507) 238-5060