Ashland Health and Rehab Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Ashland, Wisconsin. We gave this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. Based on our assessment, this place should be a no brainer for just about anybody. This nursing home also received very consistent scores in each of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Ashland Health and Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite insignificant. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we have deficiency data for this nursing home. Without deficiency related data for this facility, it was a challenge to fully evaluate it in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its impressive profile, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care area. In fact, we gave it a score of A- in the area. With our short-term care grade, we try to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Our nursing rating features numerous factors. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we rated was long-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our better grades in that category, with a B. Although this is not as favorable as a few of its other scores, it is nevertheless a perfectly acceptable grade. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a life threatening health condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ashland Health and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who sustained falls resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 6.26% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 92.96% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 13.23% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 13.08 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ashland Health and Rehab Center, 75.51% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Memorial Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.58 miles away1615 Maple Lane Ashland Wisconsin 54806Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 685-5500
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis - Chequamegon Bay0.37 miles away1815 Beaser Ave Ashland Wisconsin 54806Dialysis Stations: 12 (715) 682-4333