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Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home

  • Nursing Home
  • For people with disabilities

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home's website

2500 Minnekahta Avenue,
Hot Springs SD 57747

(605) 745-5127

74.1% estimated occupancy 1

Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home is in Hot Springs, South Dakota, a city with 5,870 people. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our better ratings. As far as we can see, this place looks like a no brainer for just about anybody. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section

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Quick Details

  • No Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - State
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in South Dakota badge

Best Nursing Home in South Dakota Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Hot Springs, South Dakota badge

Best Nursing Home in Hot Springs, South Dakota Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in South Dakota badge

Top Nursing Home in South Dakota Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in South Dakota badge

Top Nursing Home in South Dakota Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Hot Springs, South Dakota badge

Best Nursing Home in Hot Springs, South Dakota Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category usually have few of these severe deficiencies. We weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among its many dominant grades, this nursing home received an excellent short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this category. Short-term care ratings are critical for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility was awarded an impressive long-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B+. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.835495 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

In the final area, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for our nursing rating. This finished off a very strong report card. Our nursing score looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 18.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term stay residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 7.79% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 6.49% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. However, this metric may be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 27.8% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 6.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 8.18% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 96.95% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 15.72% of Patients

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

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 14.96% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 0.52 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Michael J Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home, 14.96% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Fall River Hospital - CahCritical Access Hospitals 1.4 miles away1201 Highway 71 South Hot Springs South Dakota 57747Government - Local(605) 745-8910

Nearby Dialysis

  • Va Medical Center - Hot Springs0.72 miles away500 N 5th St Hot Springs South Dakota 57747Dialysis Stations: 5 (605) 745-2000