Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Gundersen St Elizabeth's Care Center
1200 Fifth Grant Boulevard West, Wabasha, MN · (651) 565-4581
- CMS high-performer trophy
- Certified beds
- 100
- Residents per day
- 76
- Ownership
- Non-Profit
- Chain
- No chain reported
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- February 14, 1986
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How this home got 5 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in Minnesota.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change (already 5)
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★no change
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★5 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among Minnesota homes
Gundersen St Elizabeth's Care Center carries 9 inspection points. That is fewer than 88% of Minnesota's 335 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Minnesota: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–9 pts
- 4★ 9–30 pts
- 3★ 30–54 pts
- 2★ 54–92 pts
- 1★ over 92 pts
Bars show every rated home in Minnesota by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
8 health citations on record since 2024. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
No citation on record at the harm or immediate-jeopardy level.
Everything else, by area of care
Quality of Life and Care2E
- E
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- D
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Resident Rights2D
- D
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- C
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Infection Control1D
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation1E
- E
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Nursing and Physician Services1D
- D
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Environmental1C
- C
Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.
Inspection history
2026-06-10
1 health deficiencies · 1 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Infection Control (1 deficiency)
2025-05-21
5 health deficiencies · 6 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (2 deficiencies)
2024-04-04
2 health deficiencies · 8 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Resident Rights (2 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 4 h 13 min of nursing staff time a day, 39 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
4 h 13 min
Minnesota average
4 h 16 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 34% of nursing staff and 47% of registered nurses left in the past year.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.4 pts worse | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days0.5 pts better | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine5.3 pts worse | 92.0% | 97.3% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine3.6 pts better | 100.0% | 96.4% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury1 pts better | 3.1% | 4.1% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms2.6 pts better | 1.5% | 4.1% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight0.7 pts worse | 4.6% | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication6.4 pts better | 6.3% | 12.7% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication6.2 pts better | 11.0% | 17.2% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.1 pts better | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened3.5 pts better | 15.3% | 18.8% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased6.8 pts worse | 25.0% | 18.2% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.7 pts worse | 2.4% | 1.7% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection1.6 pts better | 1.0% | 2.6% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence2.9 pts worse | 26.6% | 23.7% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers1 pts better | 4.1% | 5.1% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine11.2 pts worse | 76.9% | 88.1% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication1.9 pts better | 0.0% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine13.1 pts better | 96.4% | 83.3% | 80.1% |
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Who owns and runs it
19 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
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| Bellin Gundersen Health System Inc | 5% Or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · Organization | 100% | 3 facilities |
| Gundersen Lutheran Health System Inc | 5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · Organization | 100% | 3 facilities |
| Bellin Gundersen Health System Inc | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Coenen, Daniel | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Denk, Cindy | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Durand, Emily | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Ebersold, Michael | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Fisch, Paul | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Gundersen Lutheran Health System Inc | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Haas, Lloyd | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Mclellan, Paul | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Petersen, Kristi | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Petersen, Kristi | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Root, James | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Spano, Dennis | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Spano, Dennis | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Vaplon, Richard | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Wolfe, John | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Youngbauer, Beverly | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
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Fire safety
15 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Smoke10F
- D
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- F
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- F
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- E
Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
- F
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- F
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- F
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- F
Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
- C
Follow proper procedures when the fire alarm was out of service for more than 4 hours.
- C
Follow proper procedures when the automatic sprinkler systems was out of service for more than 10 hours.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems2F
- F
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- F
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Emergency Preparedness1C
- C
Provide family notifications of emergency plan.
Miscellaneous1C
- C
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Egress1F
- F
Have exits that are accessible at all times.
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