Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home
315 North Washington St Post Office Box 368, Viborg SD 57070 · (605) 326-5161 · 85.34% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home is a senior living facility located in Viborg, South Dakota. This city has a population of 1,387 people. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-rated nursing homes we found. In fact, it received our absolute highest score. In fact, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 10 best nursing homes in South Dakota. Headlining this facility's stellar profile is its nursing score, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 43 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also want to emphasize that this nursing home excelled in our nursing category. We gave them an A+ in this area. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are caring for patients as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This was one of the highest figures we found. In addition, a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics are impressive. On top of offering high levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality measures we assessed. With less than 5 percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this area. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Places that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a very impressive long-term care score. This actually turned out to be its third strongest category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of very favorable nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination data is superb as well. Indeed, this nursing home vaccinated 97.35099 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the next area, this nursing home also excelled in the short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A in this area. This rounded out truly elite profile. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to have highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. When we assessed this place's nursing hours, we found it provided significantly more care from registered nurses than most facilities. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home rather than remaining at the nursing home permanently.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better