Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care

Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
Oct 18: B+Nov 18: B+Dec 18: B+Jan 19: A-Feb 19: A-May 19: A+Jun 19: A+Jul 19: A-Aug 19: A-Sep 19: A-Jan 20: AMar 20: AApr 20: A-May 20: A-Jun 20: A-Jul 20: A-Aug 20: A-Sep 20: AOct 20: A+Jan 21: A+Feb 21: A+Mar 21: A+Apr 21: A+May 21: A+Jun 21: AJul 21: AAug 21: ASep 21: AOct 21: A-Nov 21: A-Jan 22: A-Feb 22: A-Mar 22: A-Apr 22: A-May 22: A-
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709 4th Avenue Ne,
Watford City ND 58854

(701) 444-2331

86.66% estimated occupancy 1

Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care is a senior living facility in Watford City, North Dakota. This city has a population of 2,804 people. With an A- overall grade, we rated this facility in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the country. Based on all of the relevant data, you can not go wrong with this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card was its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To pair with a great overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for inspections. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Our nursing score is mostly based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our more positive grades in our short-term care category as well, with a B+. Our short-term care grades are likely most critical for residents in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last category we looked at is long-term care. In this area, we gave this nursing home a favorable grade of B. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. While we determined this facility had an above average volume of nursing care provided by aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccination rate to be a bit slightly lower than we anticipated. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 82.57575 percent of its residents. This is a figure we would really like to see this nursing home improve on. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.73 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this place was just about middle of the pack in this area.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jun 22

Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 6.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 4.83% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are often the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 3.31% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 19.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 18.98% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 6.1% of Patients

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

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 97.79% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 15.75% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 18.98% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 1.07 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care, 18.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems IncCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away709 4th Ave Ne Watford City North Dakota 58854Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 842-3000

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=355072