Little Falls Care Center is a small non-profit nursing home located in Little Falls, Minnesota. With an A- overall grade, we rated this facility in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the United States. You really can not do any better than this facility. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed well in our category ratings. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
Little Falls Care Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
1200 First Avenue Northeast,
Little Falls MN 56345
83.43% estimated occupancy 1
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more than seven hours of care per week from registered nurses to each resident. This is really the gold standard in this area, as it's about 50% higher than the average facility's level of registered nurse staffing. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who returned home from this nursing home. This place outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 63.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we consider the amount of time nurses are seeing patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This place boasts an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient each day, of which more than an hour of these were provided by registered nurses. This is among the most highly trained levels of nurses. Finally, this nursing home also excelled in several quality-based metrics we assessed. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, this place performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and having a policy of moving patients even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated is long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a B. Although this wound up being its least impressive category rating, this is still a quality rating. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 95 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.34 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
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, 6.9% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Little Falls Care Center, 4.36% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Little Falls Care Center, 2.82% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Little Falls Care Center, 16.53% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Little Falls Care Center, 12.02% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Little Falls Care Center, 4.55% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Little Falls Care Center, 94.12% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Little Falls Care Center, 13.22% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Little Falls Care Center, 19.91% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Little Falls Care Center, 1.26 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Little Falls Care Center, 19.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Little Falls Care Center, 12.78 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Little Falls Care Center, 76.23% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Gabriels HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.12 miles away815 Southeast Second Street Little Falls Minnesota 56345Voluntary non-profit - Private(320) 632-5441
Nearby Dialysis
- Saint Cloud Hospital1.13 miles away808 3rd St Se Suite 160 Little Falls Minnesota 56345Dialysis Stations: 13 (320) 631-4381