Avera Granite Falls Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1981-07-06. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (320) 564-3111 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Avera Granite Falls Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 82.9/100, placing it #2439 of 14703 facilities nationally and #55 of 338 in Minnesota. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Avera Granite Falls Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 55 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 1 minute; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 12 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 42 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 26 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 23.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $15,642. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $15,642, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 62.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Avera Granite Falls Care Center ranks 2439th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.9/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 55th out of 338 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,418 nationally and RN hours rank #1,889 nationally (#140 in MN). Our composite quality score of 82.9/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Granite Falls, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/granite-falls/