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Thorne Crest Senior Living Community

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  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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1201 Garfield Avenue,
Albert Lea MN 56007

(507) 373-2311

78.07% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Thorne Crest Senior Living Community is one of four available nursing homes in the area. This facility received an A- overall, which is a high-end score. We really can't say enough favorable things about this facility. This nursing home also received consistently good grades in all four of our categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Aquatic Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in our short-term care category, where it earned an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. With our short-term care assessment, we strive to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing grade assesses a handful of components, however, the main consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also received top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with an impressive grade of B+. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate 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

Grade: B-plus

In the final category we looked at, this nursing home received a very favorable grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility topped off a very strong report card. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 98.51852 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Thorne Crest Senior Living Community Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 9.32% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 0.74% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 0.78% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 21.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 3.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 4.72% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher rates of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 97.85% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 11.22% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 20.17% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility. Many would argue that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 20.17% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 3.7% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Thorne Crest Senior Living Community, 78.74% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Albert Lea, MN

  • Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Albert Lea, Minnesota has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAcute Care Hospitals 1.07 miles away404 West Fountain Street Albert Lea Minnesota 56007Voluntary non-profit - Private(507) 377-6452

Nearby Dialysis

  • Mayo Dialysis - Albert Lea2 miles away1705 Se Broadway Attn: Dialysis Albert Lea Minnesota 56007CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (507) 377-5920