Aicota Health Care Center

850 Second Street Northwest, Aitkin, MN 56431 · (218) 927-2164
For profit - Corporation · 56 certified beds

Aicota Health Care Center has a 2-star overall rating from Medicare, out of 5. Its last standard inspection, in January 2026, found 9 citations (the Minnesota average is 7.1). It hasn't been fined in the last three years.

Medicare ratings

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Most recent health inspection

The standard health inspection on January 9, 2026 found 9 citations. What an inspection citation means

• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.January 9, 2026 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.January 9, 2026 · F0851 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• 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.January 9, 2026 · F0726 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.January 9, 2026 · F0561 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.January 9, 2026 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.January 9, 2026 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.January 9, 2026 · F0690 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.January 9, 2026 · F0698 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Post nurse staffing information every day.January 9, 2026 · F0732 · Level of harm: Potential for minimal harm · Residents affected: Many

Complaint inspections, last three years

Inspections after complaints found 2 citations.

• Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.November 1, 2023 · F0622 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• 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.November 1, 2023 · F0625 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Fines and payment denials

No fines or payment denials in the last three years.

Nurse staffing

Hours of nursing care per resident per day, as the home reports them to Medicare through payroll records.

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