Minnesota Masonic Home Care Center

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home received high marks in the category of short-term care as well. As a result, it received our highest score in that category with a score of A+. Short-term care ratings are critical for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 7.1 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing grade focuses on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility has received near flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

In the last category, we awarded this facility an A for our long-term care score. This finished off a very impressive report card. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.44444 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.