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Sanford Care Center Vermillion

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Sanford Care Center Vermillion's website

20 S Plum Street,
Vermillion SD 57069

(605) 677-3500

89.69% estimated occupancy 1

Sanford Care Center Vermillion is a nursing home located in Vermillion, South Dakota, a city with a total of 11,988 people. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the country. We also want to point out that this nursing home is located in a hospital. Typically, this means that more intensive healthcare services are available. This nursing home also received consistently good ratings in all four of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • No Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Blood Administration

Awards

Top Nursing Home in South Dakota badge

Top Nursing Home in South Dakota Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in South Dakota Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also earned an A+ inspection rating. This grade is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We weren't able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without the deficiency data for this facility, it was challenging to assess the place in the area of inspections.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we gave this nursing home an A-. When computing our nursing grades, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a resident more often.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The third category we assessed was short-term care. This nursing home received a very positive short-term care score, with a B+ in the category. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is typically a solid assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The final category we assessed was long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B. Believe it or not, this ended up being this nursing home's worst area. A nursing home could be doing a lot worse when it's lowest grade still rates higher than most other facilities. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this place 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.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Sanford Care Center Vermillion Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 1.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 10.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 1.31% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that sustained urinary tract infections. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 18.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 23.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 5% of Patients

This is the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 100% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 15% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 13.04% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 0.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is 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 nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Sanford Care Center Vermillion, 13.04% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Sanford Vermillion HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away20 South Plum Street Vermillion South Dakota 57069Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 677-3500