Langton Place

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its first-rate resume, this nursing home also was awarded a dominant short-term care grade, with a grade of A. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more critical for those requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. There are numerous datapoints included in this grade. Many of these factors relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place 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 frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving a patient even once per day.

In the final area, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for its long-term care rating. This topped off a very favorable profile. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 95.652176 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.