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Essentia Health Homestead

115 10Th Avenue Northeast, Deer River, MN 566362182464336Ownership: Non profit - CorporationCertified beds: 32Avg. daily residents: 21Chain: Essentia Health (6 facilities)County: Itasca

The complete public record on Essentia Health Homestead, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Deer River, Minnesota, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.

CMS Star Ratings

Overall rating
★★☆☆☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. Minnesota average: 3.2 stars.
Health inspection
★☆☆☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★★★
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★★★☆
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
Essentia Health Homestead holds a 2-star overall rating, in the bottom two tiers CMS assigns. Its health-inspection rating is lower than its overall rating — the overall score is being lifted by staffing or quality-measure ratings, which draw partly on facility-reported data. Nursing staff turnover of 50% is well above the Minnesota average of 42%; high turnover is one of the strongest predictors of inconsistent care. Federal regulators have fined this facility $67,727 in the last three years. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.

Staffing

4.97 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
above the state average (4.19)
1.71 RN hours per resident per day
above the state average (1.06)
4.44 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
50.0% total nursing staff turnover
above the state average (42.2)
40.0% RN turnover
0 administrators left in the reporting period

Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.

Inspections & Penalties

April 22, 2026 most recent standard health inspection
6 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
below the state average (7.0)
7 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$67,727 in federal fines across 2 penalties (last 3 years)
above the state average ($23,053)
0 payment denials
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

15 citations on record across recent inspections, 3 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.

InspectionTagWhat was citedSeverity
May 18, 20260689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. ComplaintG · Actual harm
April 22, 20260880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
March 31, 20260689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. ComplaintG · Actual harm
December 17, 20250726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's… ComplaintK · Immediate jeopardy
December 17, 20250585Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and… ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
December 17, 20250689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
July 30, 20250609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
July 30, 20250607Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. ComplaintC · Minimal harm potential
March 12, 20250576Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.F · Potential for more than minimal harm
March 12, 20250851Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable…F · Potential for more than minimal harm

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.