Algoma Medical Center

Algoma Medical Center is a small government-owned nursing home in Algoma, Wisconsin. This nursing home turns out to be an A+ facility, which is our most impressive rating. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top ten percent of all facilities in the United States. If you look further down this page, you can see this nursing home's category scores, which appear to be equally strong as its overall score.

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A+. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This facility provides an incredible 4.6 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. For example, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These metrics are generally good indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility offers.

This facility also was awarded a very strong long-term care grade. In fact, this is its third most impressive category score. In that area, this facility received a grade of A-. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 95.93496 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

In the last area, we awarded this facility an A+ for our short-term care score. This rounded out a very impressive profile. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is more often than not a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.