American Lutheran Home-Menomonie

Nursing Home
Assisted Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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American Lutheran Home-Menomonie's website

915 Elm Ave,
Menomonie WI 54751

(715) 235-9041

64.05% estimated occupancy ¹

American Lutheran Home-Menomonie is a small non-profit nursing home located in Menomonie, Wisconsin. We gave this nursing home world class overall rating of A+. In fact, this is the number one rated facility in Menomonie. We flat out can not say enough great things about this nursing home. Scroll down to find this place's category ratings, which also impressed us. You just can't do much better than a straight A report card.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Church related
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management

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Long-term Care Quality

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After considering the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.809525 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly can be a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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Nurse Quality

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving patients more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

In our final category, this facility also was awarded an excellent short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. This finished off a very impressive profile. Our short-term care scores are arguably more critical for residents needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

American Lutheran Home-Menomonie Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 6.26% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 92.96% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 13.23% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 20.17% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 13.08 Percentage of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In American Lutheran Home-Menomonie, 75.51% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Scores for Menomonie, WI

Overall Rating has a grade of A
Nurse Rating has a grade of A
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

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Nearby Hospitals

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