Prairie View Healthcare Center is a facility in Woonsocket, South Dakota. The city has a population of 1,221 people. After receiving an A overall grade, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 50 best facilities in South Dakota. We simply can't say enough favorable things about this facility. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's stellar profile is its inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Prairie View Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
401 South First Avenue Post Office Box 68,
Woonsocket SD 57385
66.15% estimated occupancy 1
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this critical area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Nursing scores are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third area we assessed is long-term care. Contributing to its impressive resume, this facility also performed well in this area. In fact, we gave it a grade of of A- in that category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our next area, this facility was given an extremely favorable short-term care rating. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in that category, finishing off one of our more impressive report cards. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Prairie View Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 7.26% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents that have sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 8.26% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 32.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 18.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 3.28% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 99.31% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 10.09% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 19.79% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 0 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 19.79% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Prairie View Healthcare Center, 97.17% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Center - CahCritical Access Hospitals 14.23 miles away604 1st St Ne Wessington Springs South Dakota 57382Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 539-1201