First Care Living Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1988-01-01. 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 (218) 435-1133 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

First Care Living Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 85.0/100, placing it #1678 of 14703 facilities nationally and #38 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 First Care Living Center receives a reported average of 6 hours 7 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 40 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 39 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 34 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 38.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $88,726. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $88,726, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 57.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, First Care Living Center ranks 1678th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 85.0/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 38th out of 338 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #328 nationally and RN hours rank #410 nationally (#28 in MN). Our composite quality score of 85.0/100 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 Fosston, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/fosston/