Mn Veterans Home Minneapolis

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is based on the facility's recent inspections. In fact, we gave it an A- for this area, which is one of our best grades. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 7 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.

Additionally, this nursing home also received favorable long-term care scores this year. Indeed, we awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a score of B+. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.499 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. When determining a facility's nursing score, we consider the number of hours nurses are seeing patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of turning residents more often.

The last category we looked at is short-term care, where this nursing home received a B+. This finished off a very impressive report card. Very few facilities received a B+ or higher in all four categories. Short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. It does not appear that this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last measure we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.