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Algoma Long Term Care Unit

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1510 Fremont St,
Algoma WI 54201

(920) 487-5511

67.79% estimated occupancy ¹

Algoma Long Term Care Unit is a nursing home in Algoma, Wisconsin, which has 5,345 people. This nursing home is an A rated facility, which is one of the best grades we offer. This is just about as good of a nursing home as you'll find. As you will find below, this facility also performed just fine in our category grades. It is hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

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Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Wisconsin Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

To go along with a favorable overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspection category. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Contributing to its high-end resume, this nursing home also received a superb long-term care grade, with a grade of A. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 96.55173 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Nurse Quality

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing grade considers a number of subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

The last area we graded was short-term care, in which this nursing home was given a B. Even though this turned out to be its lowest category rating, this is nevertheless an impressive rating. Our short-term care scores are believed to be more critical for patients requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Algoma Long Term Care Unit Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 2.6% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 10.34% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 14.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 10.71% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 97.4% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 14.85% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 15.23% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility. Some experts argue that mobility is important for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 15.23% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 3.69% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Algoma Long Term Care Unit, 73.73% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Door County Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 16.43 miles away323 South 18th Avenue Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin 54235Voluntary non-profit - Church(920) 743-5566