Overview
Sacred Heart Care Center has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, in line with the Minnesota average of 3.2. It ranks 2nd of 3 nursing homes in Austin. Its strongest area is staffing (4 of 5), and its weakest is quality of care (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 5.6 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 95% of nursing homes in Minnesota (the state average is 4.3 hours). Of that, 0.9 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on July 25, 2025, found 5 health deficiencies, fewer than the Minnesota average of 7.0. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 42% of Minnesota nursing homes have been fined.
Sacred Heart Care Center is a nonprofit facility with 59 certified beds, caring for about 45 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1987.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 67%
Top 60%
Top 59%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- July 25, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 5
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff5.57 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.90 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.99 hrs
- Nurse aides3.67 hrs
- Physical therapists0.01 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 59
- Average residents per day
- 45
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- March 1, 1987
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Both
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes