CCN 245281 · Clay County, Minnesota
Valley Care and Rehab LLC
600 Fifth Street Southeast, Box 129, Barnesville, MN 56514
Valley Care and Rehab LLC is a 35-bed for-profit nursing home in Barnesville, Minnesota, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1985. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 32.8 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 35
- Average residents per day
- 32.8 (93.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Valley Care and Rehab LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1985
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Minnesota median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 64 at 1, 61 at 2, 58 at 3, 64 at 4, 89 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.24 | 4.16 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.62 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 44.2% | 40.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 93.7% | 87.4% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 0 (Jun 15, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Valley Care and Rehab LLC meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustad, DebraIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 51% | 11/01/2015 |
| Rustad, MarkIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 49% | 11/01/2015 |
| Nielsen, RyanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/30/2024 |
| Ritchie, HollyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/30/2024 |
| Ruff, TeriIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/30/2024 |
| Rustad, DebraIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2015 |
| Rustad, MarkIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2015 |
| Sharp, KarenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/30/2024 |
| Smart, MadisonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/30/2024 |
| Thompson, OwenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2015 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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