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Meadowbrook at Black River Falls

  • Nursing Home
  • Assisted Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Meadowbrook at Black River Falls's website

1311 Tyler St,
Black River Falls WI 54615

(715) 284-4396

75.25% estimated occupancy 1

Meadowbrook at Black River Falls is a small facility located in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Sporting an overall rating of D, this is a subpar nursing home. This wasn't the worse facility we looked at, however, we'd still be very reluctant to recommend it. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category was short-term care, which is discussed in the next section.

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 (2021)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B for our short-term care score. This is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. In fact, without this category, its profile would have been in serious trouble. With our short-term care rating, we seek to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

We actually gave this facility a very solid score in the area of inspections as well. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. This is better than many nursing homes in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. 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. Even with this deficiency, this was still a relatively positive inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. Our nursing grade looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of training of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a low total compared with most nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility actually excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final category we analyzed is long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this category, which is a poor grade. Facilities that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to only 80 percent of its residents, which is slightly concerning. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Meadowbrook at Black River Falls Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls

This measures the percentage of long-term residents which have had a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 6.26% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 92.96% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 13.23% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 20.17% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that remained mobile levels. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 13.08 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Meadowbrook at Black River Falls, 75.51% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Black River Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.68 miles away711 W Adams St Black River Falls Wisconsin 54615Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 284-5361

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=525488