Prairie Manor Care Center

Prairie Manor Care Center is located in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, a city with a population of 3,696 people. This nursing home is a grade A facility, which is a dominant grade. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the nation. We also gave this facility impressive grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. In computing our nursing grades, we weigh both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided 5 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is among the better totals in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by these figures. On top of providing impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home was also above average in several of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Turning our third category, this facility was awarded a top-shelf short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in this area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is considered to be a meaningful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. This facility excelled at the highest level in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It supplied about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the average nursing home. This is certainly a very favorable sign. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area with 51.6 percent of its patients returning home.

In the last category we scored, this nursing home received a very strong grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility topped off a first-rate report card. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of very favorable nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination statistics was as good as it gets also. In fact, it vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.