Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen is a nursing home in Shawano, Wisconsin, which has a total of 17,002 people. This facility was given an A- overall, which is a very strong grade. This is actually the top nursing home in the city. As you can find below, this place also performed just fine in our category ratings. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Optometry
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also earned A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections are nearly perfect. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was elite in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A. Few facilities received a better grade in this category. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in computing our grade in this category. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place 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 generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed was long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B. While this wound up being its least impressive category grade, this is nevertheless a good rating. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 95.38461 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 6.38% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 5.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 0.79% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents that suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 7.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 20.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 5.38% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may be a sign lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 97.69% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 9.24% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 15.45% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 15.45% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 20.84% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Evergreen, 67.42% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Thedacare Medical Center - Shawano IncCritical Access Hospitals 0.49 miles away100 County Rd B Shawano Wisconsin 54166Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 526-2111
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Shawano, LLC0.48 miles away1509 S Lincoln St Shawano Wisconsin 54166Dialysis Stations: 13 (715) 524-8038
- Green Bay Northwood Dialysis of Davita2.24 miles awayW 7305 Elm Avenue Shawano Wisconsin 54166Dialysis Stations: 15 (715) 526-4310