Wisconsin Rapids Health Services is in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, a city with a total of 34,763 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road grade. Based on our assessment, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. The best part of this nursing home's profile was is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Wisconsin Rapids Health Services
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category grades came in the area of short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B. It actually performed better than most facilities in this area. In computing these short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing score. We gave this facility an D. Nursing scores are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home offered a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these datapoints to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's worst area was long-term care, which is the last category we looked at. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this category. In spite of multiple respectable scores in other categories, this score is nevertheless of a concern so we would like to to draw your attention to it. Long-term care ratings in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 93.125 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand 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.
Wisconsin Rapids Health Services Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 7.89% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 1.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percentage of long-term residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 18.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 12.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 0% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 90.38% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 10.32% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 23.78% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 23.78% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 11.54% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wisconsin Rapids Health Services, 66.01% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics IncAcute Care Hospitals 0.94 miles away410 Dewey St Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin 54495Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 423-6060
- Ascension St Michaels HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.86 miles away900 Illinois Ave Stevens Point Wisconsin 54481Voluntary non-profit - Church(715) 346-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Wisconsin Rapids Dialysis0.79 miles away1041 B. Hill St Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin 54494CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (715) 422-0550
- Davita - Stevens Point Dialysis16.79 miles away1100 Meridian Dr Plover Wisconsin 54467Dialysis Stations: 12 (715) 343-1266