Alden Estates of Jefferson
1130 Collins Road, Jefferson WI 53549 · (920) 674-3170 · 91.89% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Alden Estates of Jefferson is a senior living facility located in Jefferson, Wisconsin, a city with 10,414 people. With an overall score of D, this is a subpar nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Jefferson. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 111 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This facility actually received a very good score in the area of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is a solid score. Our short-term care scores are arguably more critical for folks requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home provides a decent amount of services from physical therapists and registered nurses based on our assessment. The last statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it performed better than most nursing homes in this area with 54.3 percent of its residents returning home. For most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Nursing scores are largely based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides only 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below average. Lastly, although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this metric.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a grade of just D in the area of inspections. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. We suggest you pay close attention to the severity of the deficiencies. This particular nursing home was hit with a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more severe categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by the government inspectors had potential to pose actual harm to residents. Lastly, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place received large government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This generally indicates that a facility's poor performance spanned several years.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was long-term care. Sadly, it received an F in this area, which is a poor score. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 97.666664 percent of its residents, which is more than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.09 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alden Estates of Jefferson Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better