Three Links Care Center
815 FOREST AVENUE, Northfield, MN, 55057
Yes. Federal inspectors cited 5 deficiencies against Three Links Care Center in Northfield, Minnesota at its most recent standard inspection on 2025-07-31, 1 of them arising from complaints. 2 findings have been recorded at the immediate-jeopardy level, the most serious CMS uses, meaning a resident was placed in immediate danger. Medicare has fined it 1 time, totalling $12,649. Medicare rates it 4 out of 5 overall.
Every deficiency on record, by how serious CMS judged it
CMS grades each finding from A to L on two axes: how badly residents were affected, and how many. These are its bands, not ours. The figures cover every standard and complaint survey on record, which is a longer window than the rating cycle above.
The last 16 findings, newest first
Each is the federal requirement the home was found not to meet, in CMS’s own wording, with the tag number so it can be looked up against the inspection report.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0689 · 2025-09-19 · from a complaint · Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · F0561 · 2025-07-31 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · F0641 · 2025-07-31 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0677 · 2025-07-31 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0880 · 2025-07-31 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · F0554 · 2024-05-23 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · F0561 · 2024-05-23 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · F0569 · 2024-05-23 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · F0656 · 2024-05-23 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0688 · 2024-05-23 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0790 · 2024-05-23 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0880 · 2024-05-23 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · F0568 · 2024-05-23 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0689 · 2023-10-13 · from a complaint · Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · F0812 · 2023-08-17 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0692 · 2023-08-17 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
How CMS scores this home
These stars are Medicare’s, not ours — we publish no rating of our own. They are reproduced here because they are part of the public record.
What Medicare has fined this home
Who owns Three Links Care Center
Nursing homes are frequently owned through layers of companies, and the name over the door is rarely the one that holds the licence. This is the ownership CMS has on file.
| Owner | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| EHLERS, DOUGLAS | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2023 |
| GOODNOUGH, JENNIFER | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2021 |
| GRAMM, TIMOTHY | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2023 |
| LAIR, MICHAEL | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2025 |
| LIENEMANN, STEVEN | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2025 |
| LUETMER, JOHN | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2021 |
| NELSON, PATRICK | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2020 |
| RENTZ, LAURA | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2024 |
| RENTZ, PAUL | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2021 |
| SCHNEIDER, TODD | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 07/01/2013 |
| WIESE, LORRAINE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 07/25/2017 |
| BACH, CURTIS | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 08/28/2024 |
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Care Compare. Retrieved 2026-07-29. Facility number 245450.
Figures reproduce the state’s own totals and are not re-aggregated. Methodology · Report a correction