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Avantara Milbank

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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1103 South Second Street,
Milbank SD 57252

(605) 432-4556

53.49% estimated occupancy 1

Avantara Milbank is a nursing home in Milbank, South Dakota, which has 4,800 people. We gave it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack rating. Based on our assessment, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the best aspects of this facility's report card is its stellar inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Hemodialysis
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Oncology Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Lymphedema Care

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A+. Few facilities performed better in this category. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

We also awarded this nursing home an impressive grade in long-term care. This facility earned a B in this area, which happens to be one of our higher grades. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 85.98726 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facility's next best category ended up being its short-term care score, where it was given a grade of C. Our short-term care grades are critical for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not look like this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Turning to our fourth area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D for the area of nursing. This is the facility's weakest category grade. Sadly, this score pulled down the facility's overall grade a bit. Nursing grades are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this facility also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average facility. This could be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These scores pulled down this nursing home's nursing rating quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Avantara Milbank Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Avantara Milbank, 10.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Avantara Milbank, 5.1% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents who have had falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Avantara Milbank, 1.38% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Avantara Milbank, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of long-term patients who were given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Avantara Milbank, 6.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Avantara Milbank, 31.76% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may reveal lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Avantara Milbank, 90.72% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Avantara Milbank, 16.06% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Avantara Milbank, 22.13% of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Avantara Milbank, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Avantara Milbank, 22.13% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Avantara Milbank, 11.57% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Avantara Milbank, 81.3% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Ortonville Area Health ServicesCritical Access Hospitals 11.69 miles away450 Eastvold Ave Ortonville Minnesota 56278Government - Local(320) 839-2505

Nearby Dialysis

  • Avera Dialysis Milbank1.19 miles away301 Flynn Dr Ste 4 Milbank South Dakota 57252Dialysis Stations: 4 (605) 432-3340
  • Satellite Dialysis - Ortonville11.67 miles away814 Roy St Ortonville Minnesota 56278Dialysis Stations: 7 (320) 839-4070