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Meadowbrook at Black River Falls

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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1311 Tyler St,
Black River Falls WI 54615

(715) 284-4396

73.33% estimated occupancy 1

Meadowbrook at Black River Falls is a small facility located in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Our rating system was not very kind to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall score of F. This facility is really as bad as it gets. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is nursing, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Bariatric Care

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. There are quite a few criteria included in this category. Most of the criteria are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, while this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it did very well in this subcategory.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home also didn't fare too badly in the category of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B- for that area, which wound up being among its more favorable scores. Our short-term care ratings are likely more critical for individuals needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: D

This nursing home did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, it only received a grade of D for its inspection grade. Inspection scores factor in many items found on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. If you see severe deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is generally a bad sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This particular nursing home was assessed a deficiency by CMS. Fortunately, it was not in one of the categories that suggest that it created a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received large government fines in recent years amounting to over $100,000. This usually signifies that a nursing home's poor performance spanned multiple years.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next area we rated is long-term care. This nursing home received an abysmal grade of F in that area. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the facility didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to resident care. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. As it turns out, this facility gave the vaccine to just 87.91209 percent of its patients, which is somewhat concerning. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Meadowbrook at Black River Falls Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 15.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This measures the percentage of long-term residents which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 3.3% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 2.35% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 8.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for several conditions, such as cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 8.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 2.47% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 90.38% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 13.75% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 28.08% of Residents

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 28.08% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 76.16% of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.