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Avantara Huron

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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1345 Michigan Avenue Sw,
Huron SD 57350

(605) 352-8471

60% estimated occupancy ¹

Avantara Huron is an average-sized facility located in Huron, South Dakota. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is one of our best ratings. This is really as good of a place as you're going to find. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Oncology Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Lymphedema Care

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Facility Inspections

To pair with a strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for inspections. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility also was elite in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Not many facilities received a better grade in this category. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.83269 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

The next area we analyzed was short-term care. This nursing home was awarded an above average short-term care score, with a grade of B in the area. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most critical for folks needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 4.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

The last area we looked at is nursing, in which this nursing home was given a grade of B. While this is its lowest category rating, this is still a good grade. Nursing scores are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as good measures of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Avantara Huron Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Avantara Huron, 10.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Avantara Huron, 2.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who experienced a fall resulting in major injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Avantara Huron, 6.61% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Avantara Huron, 20.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Avantara Huron, 18.14% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Avantara Huron, 0.84% of Patients

This is the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Avantara Huron, 99.07% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Avantara Huron, 18.64% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Avantara Huron, 17.32% of Residents

This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Avantara Huron, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Avantara Huron, 17.32% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Avantara Huron, 22.97% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Avantara Huron, 70.21% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Huron Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 1.26 miles away172 Fourth Street Se Huron South Dakota 57350Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 353-6200