Maplewood Care Center
1900 Sherren Avenue, Saint Paul MN 55109 · (651) 770-1365 · 79.76% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Maplewood Care Center is a nursing home located in Saint Paul, Minnesota which has 753,116 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score in this range requires above average marks in most areas. Even in a city offering 33 other nursing homes, this facility really stands out. This place is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 128 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To go along with its impressive overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A for our nursing rating. Nursing grades are largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is among the more impressive totals in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We were very impressed by both of these figures. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place was also above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. It performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home fared well in the category of short-term care. As a result, we awarded it a score of A for that area, which turns out to be one of our better grades. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. This nursing home is above the national average in terms of both its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that it outperformed the majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 54.5 percent of its residents able to return home. This is a better rate than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care. This nursing home received a very good long-term care grade this year, with a C. While this isn't quite as strong as some of its other scores, this remains a respectable score in that category. Our long-term care scores are more meaningful for patients in need of more traditional services associated with activities of daily living. This facility's vaccination data were a bit weaker than a few of its other statistics in this category, such as its number of nursing hours per resident. It gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 85.55555 percent of its residents. We would like to see some improvement in this area in the future. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. This facility did not excel here either, with 3.61 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the medical complexity of residents.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Maplewood Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better