Minnesota's Nursing Home Report Card

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) created the nursing home report card (Off Site) to help individuals compare nursing homes on the following eight quality measures:

1. Resident satisfaction and quality of life
2. Quality indicators – clinical quality
3. Hours of direct care
4. Staff turnover
5. Staff retention
6. Use of temporary nursing staff
7. Proportion of beds in single bedrooms
8. State inspection results

Each nursing home can receive from one to five stars on each measure.

To use the site, select an area of the state and three quality measures. When the results appear, more information can be obtained about how each nursing home scored.

The Minnesota report card is state of the art. It uses multiple measures of quality, incorporates sophisticated risk adjustments to compare facilities fairly, and looks more closely at clinical outcomes, quality of life and resident satisfaction than others.

The report card, alone, should not be the only information used when choosing a home. Individuals should visit the homes considered, and talk with friends, family and staff members of the facility before making a final decision.

The report card website also contains a number of links to other sources of information you may find helpful in choosing a home.

Information can also be obtained from the Federal Government's Nursing Home Compare (Off Site) website sponsored by Medicare.

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