Maple Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center

While we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall score, it did receive a respectable nursing score of B-. We looked at the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in computing our rating in this area. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics. While this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this statistic. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning a resident even once per day.

This nursing home's next most favorable category is its short-term care grade, where it was given a B-. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D for our long-term care score. This is not an impressive grade. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is often a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the place is not as well-staffed. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We found that this nursing home vaccinated just 80.91168 percent of its residents, which is not a very encouraging sign. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

Moving on the last category of inspections, this nursing home really did not fare well. Sadly, it received an F in our inspection rating. This is our most heavily weighted category in our scoring system. For facilities with bad inspection scores, you should focus on any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular facility was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a risk to patient safety or health. Lastly, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines recently of over $100,000. This usually suggests that a nursing home's bad performance has been an issue for several years.