St Anthony Park Home
2237 Commonwealth Avenue, Saint Paul MN 55108 · (651) 632-3503 · 98.21% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
St Anthony Park Home is an average-sized nursing home located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. This nursing home turns out to be an A+ rated facility, which is our very best rating. This facility even turned out to be one of the better nursing homes in the city, which boasts as impressive a group of nursing homes as any city in the nation. If you scroll down, you will see this facility's category ratings, which appear to be just as impressive as its overall grade.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 84 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of assessing the elite level of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were pleased by the nursing home's record for vaccinations. By way of example, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.337746 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Finally, 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.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing score is primarily based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering high levels of care, this nursing home was also above average in several of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our last category, this facility also excelled in our short-term care category. We gave it a grade of A- in this category. This topped off a straight A report card. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. This place excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility provided more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than a typical nursing home. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 42.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Anthony Park Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better