Nelson County Health System Care Center is a small non-profit facility located in Mcville, North Dakota. Featuring an overall grade of A, this is clearly a superb facility. In fact, this facility has the distinction of being one of the 25 best nursing homes in North Dakota. As you will find below, this facility performed equally well in our category ratings. In fact, we gave it straight A's!
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Nelson County Health System Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in determining our grade in this category. This nursing home provides 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 facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our next area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for its long-term care score. This is a dominant grade. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to avoid negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the fourth area, this facility also performed well in the short-term care category. We gave it an A- in this category. This completed truly elite profile. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Nelson County Health System Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 3.36% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients who experienced a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 1.77% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 8.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 21.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 0.85% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 100% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 25.69% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 22.49% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 0.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Nelson County Health System Care Center, 22.49% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Nelson County Health SystemCritical Access Hospitals 0.21 miles away200 N Main St Mcville North Dakota 58254Voluntary non-profit - Private(701) 322-4328