Medicine Wheel Village
24266 Airport Road PO Box 880, Eagle Butte SD 57625 · (605) 964-8155 · 47.4% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Medicine Wheel Village is a senior living facility located in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, a city with 4,230 people. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the nation. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 50 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 6 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This was one of the better figures we found. In addition, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics are impressive. On top of offering high levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any facility in South Dakota in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We look at these metrics as good indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided.
Facility Inspections
This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also excelled in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Few facilities fared better in this area. With our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility permanently.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care. We gave this nursing home an acceptable grade in this category, with a C. Even though this wasn't on par with many of this facility's other grades, it is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. In forming our long-term care grades, we quantify the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. On top of favorable nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination data is favorable as well. Indeed, this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Medicine Wheel Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better