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Little Falls Care Center

Nursing Home
Home Health Agency
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Little Falls Care Center's website

1200 First Avenue Northeast,
Little Falls MN 56345

(320) 632-9211

87.65% estimated occupancy ¹

Little Falls Care Center is one of only two available nursing homes located in Little Falls, Minnesota. This facility received an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average score. You can definitely do much worse than this nursing home. The best aspect of this facility's impressive profile is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next section

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Speech Therapy
Palliative Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Nurse Quality

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the number of hours nurses are caring for residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Among the reasons we graded this nursing home so favorably is that it was awarded a strong short-term care score. Indeed, short-term care turned out to be its second best category score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A-. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

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Facility Inspections

Adding another impressive category grade, we awarded this facility an impressive grade of A- for our inspections rating. Inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility's worst area was long-term care, which is the last category we assessed. For this area, we gave this nursing home an D. We would like to to point out this potential weak spot, but you should not focus exclusively on a single bad area either. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 98.95288 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Little Falls Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Little Falls Care Center, 1.48% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Little Falls Care Center, 1.05% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of long-term care patients which have sustained falls leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Little Falls Care Center, 3.16% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Little Falls Care Center, 10.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Little Falls Care Center, 21.52% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Little Falls Care Center, 1.17% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some believe that this is a measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Little Falls Care Center, 99.48% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Little Falls Care Center, 10.39% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Little Falls Care Center, 19.02% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is important for residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Little Falls Care Center, 0.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Little Falls Care Center, 19.02% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Little Falls Care Center, 20.25% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Little Falls Care Center, 63.99% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

St Gabriels HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.12 miles away815 Southeast Second Street Little Falls Minnesota 56345Voluntary non-profit - Private(320) 632-5441