Woodbury Health Care Center is a large non-profit nursing home in Saint Paul, Minnesota. This facility was given an overall grade of B, which is a good rating. While a B is a perfectly good score, we wanted to point out that Saint Paul is among the better cities in Minnesota to find a nursing home. You ought to be able to find a high quality facility in this city. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Woodbury Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to note its excellent short-term care score. We awarded them an A in this category. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This area is considered to be a solid measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong performance in other categories, we awarded this facility an B+ for nursing. Our nursing score is mostly based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Minnesota in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving a resident more often.
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Facility Inspections
This facility received a very good inspection report this year as well. For this reason, it earned one of our higher scores in that category with a B. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor dings aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
Our last category is long-term care, in which we gave this nursing home a grade of C in this category. In calculating our long-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's personal care services. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 92.73357 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is slightly lower than we expected but still a respectable percentage. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Woodbury Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 6.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 2.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents which have experienced a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 3.15% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 25.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 10.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 3.47% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 94.49% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 15.98% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 17.7% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 17.7% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 13.85% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Woodbury Health Care Center, 65.59% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Saint Paul, 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
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Regions HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.31 miles away640 Jackson Street Saint Paul Minnesota 55101Voluntary non-profit - Private(651) 254-1616
- United HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.48 miles away333 North Smith Avenue Saint Paul Minnesota 55102Voluntary non-profit - Private(651) 241-8810
- Healtheast St John's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.07 miles away1575 Beam Avenue Saint Paul Minnesota 55109Voluntary non-profit - Private(651) 232-7000
- Regina HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.92 miles away1175 Nininger Road Hastings Minnesota 55033Voluntary non-profit - Church(651) 480-4100
- Lakeview Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.07 miles away927 West Churchill Street Stillwater Minnesota 55082Voluntary non-profit - Private(651) 430-5330
- Hudson Hospital & ClinicCritical Access Hospitals 12.56 miles away405 Stageline Road Hudson Wisconsin 54016Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 531-6000
- University of Minnesota Medical Center, FairviewAcute Care Hospitals 14.04 miles away2450 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota 55454Voluntary non-profit - Private(612) 273-3000
- Abbott Northwestern HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.93 miles away800 East 28th Street Minneapolis Minnesota 55407Voluntary non-profit - Private(612) 863-4457
Nearby Dialysis
- Woodbury Dialysis of Davita0.98 miles away1850 Weir Dr #3 Saint Paul Minnesota 55125Dialysis Stations: 12 (651) 730-4522
- Bio-Medical Applications of Minnesota, Inc.1.32 miles away7433 Currell Blvd Saint Paul Minnesota 55125Dialysis Stations: 13 (651) 714-9948
- Sun Ray Dialysis of Davita4.4 miles away1744 Old Hudson Road Saint Paul Minnesota 55106CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (651) 793-5191
- Fmc Dialysis Services of St Paul5.08 miles away445 Etna Street Suite 60 Saint Paul Minnesota 55106Dialysis Stations: 20 (651) 251-3847
- Davita - Cottage Grove5.1 miles away8800 East Point Douglas Dr Cottage Grove Minnesota 55016Dialysis Stations: 12 (651) 459-5655
- Fmc - West St Paul Dialysis5.75 miles away1590 S Robert St Ste 130 Saint Paul Minnesota 55118Dialysis Stations: 13 (651) 457-2232
- West St Paul Dialysis of Davita5.88 miles away1555 Livingston Ave Saint Paul Minnesota 55118CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (651) 455-2995
- Davita Phalen Dialysis6.23 miles away863 Arcade St Saint Paul Minnesota 55106Dialysis Stations: 12 (651) 776-0466