Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford, MN has a 5-star overall rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and staffing, 4 stars for quality measures, and no fines in the last 24 months. Reported nurse staffing is 3.97 hours per resident day, slightly below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and recent inspection citations included treatment and care, self-administration of drugs, and medication error rates.
Last inspection: March 12, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.9668.
Staffing detail
Registered nurses
0.54
Licensed practical nurses
0.83
Nurse aides
2.59
Weekend nursing
3.50
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 51%
Registered nurse turnover: 17%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
4.6%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3.2%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
3.5%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.6%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
4.7%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
16.4%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
19%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
6.9%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
3%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
24.1%Steady
Residents with depressive symptoms
2.3%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
97.9%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
89.3%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
91.3%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
16%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents who could safely take their own medicines were allowed to self-administer them. Cited January 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 554 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to keep medication mistakes below the allowed level. Cited January 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 759 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(1) — S/S: D
The home failed to provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy. Cited October 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 692 — 42 CFR §483.25(g) — S/S: D
Recent history
STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
Ownership
Non profit - Other
Occupancy
50.5 residents on an average day (78% of 65 beds)
Resident voice
Resident & family councils
Medicare history
Certified for 39 years
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.