Nursing home report
Registered name: GUNDERSEN ST ELIZABETH'S CARE CENTER
WABASHA, MN · Medicare-certified · 100 beds
Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Care Center – Grant Boulevard has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and staffing, but only 2 stars for quality measures. It reports 4.19 nurse hours per resident per day, just above the 4.1 federal benchmark, and had $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.1883 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.1883.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to prevent unnecessary mind-altering medications or ensure medicines did not limit a resident’s ability to function. Cited May 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 605 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: E
The home failed to assess bed rail safety, review the risks and benefits, get informed consent, or properly install and maintain the rail. Cited May 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 700 — 42 CFR §483.25(n) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited June 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D
The home failed to provide care or services that were trauma-informed and culturally competent. Cited May 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 699 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure nurses and nurse aides had the needed skills to care for each resident and support their well-being. Cited May 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 726 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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.
