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Good Shepherd Lutheran Home

RUSHFORD, MN · Medicare-certified · 65 beds

In good standing
Non-profit
5 of 5 overall

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.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

3.9668 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

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

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.

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  4. 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.