Parmly on the Lake

Parmly on the Lake is an average-sized nursing home in Chisago City, Minnesota. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our better ratings. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the nation. We also gave this facility phenomenal grades in each of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in our short-term care category, where it received a grade of A. With our short-term care category, we strive to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. This place performed as well as just about any nursing home in Minnesota in this area with 68 percent of its residents returning home. At most facilities, less than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

Among its many high-end grades, this facility was awarded a top-shelf long-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A- in this category. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 93.85965 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.08 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a significantly lower hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.

In addition, this nursing home also received excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best grades in that category, with an impressive grade of A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Moving on to our fourth category, this facility was awarded a highly favorable nursing score. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ in this area, topping off one of our more impressive report cards. Our nursing category weighs many factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provides an incredible 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Very few nursing homes provide this quantity of nursing care to their patients. Out of this total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.