Viewcrest Health Center
Nursing Home Facility
3111 Church Street, Duluth, MN 55811
At Viewcrest Health Center, we strive to enhance each individual's life with professional and caring services, and to help each resident achieve his or her highest potential. The relief and assurance of knowing you have helped a loved one choose the right health center is most comforting.
Operated by St. Francis Health Services, which runs 13 communities in our directory.
Viewcrest Health Center is licensed for 88 beds, about typical for the area, where senior care communities in Duluth average about 87 beds.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 95% of its licensed beds, which is high; communities this full often maintain a waiting list, so it is worth calling well before you need a place. That is above the Duluth average of roughly 84%.
Medicare rates this community 3 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Communities in Duluth average about 2.1 stars. Its most recent standard health inspection was in August 2025 and recorded 1 deficiency.
Residents receive about 3.4 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 0.7 hours from a registered nurse. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 52%.
The community is located in Saint Louis County, MN.
Inspection record
In its last three standard inspections and any complaint visits, federal inspectors cited 25 problems at Viewcrest Health Center. 4 findings involved harm to a resident, including 2 that put residents in immediate danger. 5 came from investigating complaints by residents or families.
In the last three years Medicare fined this home 5 times, a total of $71,076. Medicare also stopped paying for new admissions once in that period.
Findings from the most recent inspection cycle
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Caused harm to a resident, one or a few residents
Quality of Life and Care
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
A citation on its own does not mean poor care, and most are corrected within weeks. What matters most is how serious the findings were and whether the same problems keep coming back. When you visit, it is fair to ask the administrator what inspectors found and what has changed since.
Viewcrest Health Center offers nursing home care and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type Non profit - Corporation
- Beds / units 88
- Occupancy 95%
- Nursing hours per resident/day 3.4
- Annual staff turnover 52%
- Last health inspection August 2025
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