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Tweeten Lutheran Health Care Center

125 5th Avenue Southeast, Spring Grove, Minnesota 55974

Medicare lists this as a Special Focus Facility, a home with a history of serious quality issues that receives more frequent inspections.

Overview

Tweeten Lutheran Health Care Center has a Medicare overall rating of 1 out of 5, below the Minnesota average of 3.2. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Spring Grove. Its strongest area is staffing (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (1 of 5).

Residents receive about 5.0 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 86% of nursing homes in Minnesota (the state average is 4.3 hours). Of that, 1.2 hours come from registered nurses.

Its most recent standard inspection, on April 2, 2026, found 23 health deficiencies, more than the Minnesota average of 7.0. 13 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $14,015 in the past three years.

Tweeten Lutheran Health Care Center is a nonprofit facility with 49 certified beds, caring for about 30 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1987.

Medicare ratings

Overall
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.

Within 100 miles157th of 179 facilities

Top 88%

In Minnesota294th of 335 facilities

Top 88%

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Inspections and penalties

Most recent standard inspection
April 2, 2026
Health deficiencies cited
23
Complaint-related deficiencies
13
Fines in the last 3 years
1 totaling $14,015
Payment denials
2
Total penalties
3

Staffing

Average hours of care each resident receives per day.

  • All nursing staff5.03 hrs
  • Registered nurses (RN)1.18 hrs
  • Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.65 hrs
  • Nurse aides3.20 hrs
  • Physical therapists0.04 hrs

Facility details

Ownership
Non profit - Corporation
Certified beds
49
Average residents per day
30
Participates in
Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare/Medicaid since
February 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