Atrium Post Acute Care of Wisconsin Rapids
1350 River Run Dr, Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494 · (715) 421-3140 · 52.19% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Atrium Post Acute Care of Wisconsin Rapids is an average-sized nursing home located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. With an overall rating of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. Based on our ratings, you can do much worse than this place. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile is its short-term care rating. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 114 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care grade. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered substantially more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This place outperformed the overwhelming majority of nursing homes with 61.6 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in inspections, which is based on the facility's inspections. We awarded it a grade of A- for that area. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor dings aren't something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are seeing patients as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This facility offers 3.5 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which more than one hour was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly skilled nurses. In computing our nursing scores, we attach more weight to hours performed by registered or licensed nurses. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as reliable measures of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed is nursing, proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. We gave this facility a grade of D in this category. This really was one of just a few weak points on a quality report card. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 1.78 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not bad due to it having some more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Atrium Post Acute Care of Wisconsin Rapids Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better