Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls is an average-sized nursing home in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin. We gave this nursing home an overall rating of F. Based on our assessment, you would be better off to steer clear of this nursing home. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was short-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Bariatric Care
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
Although this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it didn't perform terribly in the area of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a C for that category, which isn't bad. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough to spare its otherwise poor profile. With our short-term care category, we strive to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what bearing this had on quality of care. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.
Nurse Quality
We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Nursing grades are primarily tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, with a grade of D in the inspection category, this facility performed relatively poorly in that area. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. Generally, you should be most cautious when considering a nursing home that has severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This particular facility was hit with 7 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, we also would like to point out that this place was assessed large government fines totaling over $100,000. This typically indicates that a facility's poor performance spanned multiple years.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we scored was long-term care. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this area. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.924736 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 7.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 3.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 13.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 16.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 5.98% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 92.12% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 13.34% 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 Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 17.08% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 17.08 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 14.13 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls, 76.01% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Hshs St Clare Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.58 miles away855 S Main St Oconto Falls Wisconsin 54154Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 846-3444
- Bellin Health Oconto HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.79 miles away820 Arbutus Ave Oconto Wisconsin 54153Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 835-1101
Nearby Dialysis
- St Vincent Dialysis Center at Oconto Falls1.59 miles away853 S Main St Ste A Oconto Falls Wisconsin 54154Dialysis Stations: 6 (920) 848-6346