Williams Bay Health Services

The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that category, with an A. This is a much better score than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

This facility was awarded its next best category grade in the category of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this category, which is a decent score. Our long-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's volume of nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.14815 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. When computing our nursing scores, we assess both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

The next area we assessed was short-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.