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West Wind Village

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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West Wind Village's website

1001 Scotts Avenue,
Morris MN 56267

(320) 589-1133

78.88% estimated occupancy ¹

West Wind Village is a facility located in Morris, Minnesota. The city has 6,807 people. This proved to be an A rated facility. This facility received one of the top grades that we offer. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. In fact, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the 100 best facilities in Minnesota. This is an impressive feat in a state with a long list of high-end facilities. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's stellar report card is its nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
Non profit - Church related
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Awards

Best Nursing Home in Minnesota Awards 2019

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Nurse Quality

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. When determining our nursing grades, we analyze both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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Long-term Care Quality

Turning our third category, we gave this nursing home a score of A for our long-term care rating. This is a very strong grade. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

In our last area, we gave this nursing home an A for our short-term care grade. This wrapped up a very strong report card. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is frequently a meaningful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 3.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

West Wind Village Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In West Wind Village, 4.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In West Wind Village, 1.82% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who suffered a fall which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In West Wind Village, 0.92% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In West Wind Village, 1.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In West Wind Village, 7.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In West Wind Village, 0% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In West Wind Village, 100% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In West Wind Village, 12.11% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In West Wind Village, 18.15% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is important for patients health.

Hospitalizations

In West Wind Village, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In West Wind Village, 18.15% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In West Wind Village, 6.3% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In West Wind Village, 94.38% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Stevens Community Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 1.12 miles away400 East First Street Morris Minnesota 56267Voluntary non-profit - Private(320) 589-1313