Seasons Healthcare

Seasons Healthcare is a small facility in Trimont, Minnesota. It looks like this nursing home is among the more impressive nursing homes we looked at. A grade in this range requires very strong marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the nation. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which we will address in the next section.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received a very strong nursing rating. In fact, this turned out to be its best category. In this area, we gave this nursing home an A. Nursing scores are primarily tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This place boasts a really impressive 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the highest totals of nursing hours we found. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in several of the quality measures we looked at. With below five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place the state in this category. This is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be prevented by providing better nursing care and having a policy of moving patients more frequently.

This facility has earned near flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this area. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Compounding its strong profile, this facility also was awarded a strong short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. Short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Switching gears to the last category, this nursing home was awarded a decent long-term care grade. While this wasn't quite as strong as a few of its other category grades, this is really not a terrible score. Our long-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of nursing services. This means a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the very solid volume of care provided by aids and other staff at this facility, we also were happy with the nursing home's record for vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is above average. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.