Lakewood Care Center

Lakewood Care Center is located in Baudette, Minnesota. With an overall score of A, this is without a doubt a first-rate nursing home. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the United States. This place also received consistently good scores in all of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. 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. After considering the very impressive nursing hours provided by this facility, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be successful as this facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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. The nursing score assesses several subcategories, however, the primary one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. With 5.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the overwhelming majority of facilities. Finally, we also looked at nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

In our last area, this facility also received a first-rate short-term care grade, with a grade of B+. This topped off a very favorable report card. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.