Atrium Post Acute Care of Little Chute

Located in Little Chute, Wisconsin, Atrium Post Acute Care of Little Chute is the only facility we identified in the city. With an overall rating of D, this is a well below average facility. This facility has very little working in its favor. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its strong inspection reports. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category grades

Although we didn't rate this facility favorably overall, we did give it an excellent grade in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Inspection scores are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

This facility was awarded its second most favorable category score in the category of short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is an acceptable score. With our short-term care score, we strive to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that it fared respectably with 48.9 percent of its residents returning home.

This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Our nursing score is based on several factors, but the main one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided a meager 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is an alarmingly low total. On top of ranking below average in nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also had poor scores in the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This place was at about 150 percent of the national average in both of these metrics. This is a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These scores helped pull down this facility's nursing rating significantly.

The last area we assessed was long-term care. This nursing home was given a poor grade of F in this category. For patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 96.61017 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.