Augusta Health and Rehabilitation

Nursing Home
Assisted Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Augusta Health and Rehabilitation's website

901 Bridge Creek Lane,
Augusta WI 54722

(715) 286-2266

70.4% estimated occupancy ¹

Augusta Health and Rehabilitation is a small non-profit facility located in Augusta, Wisconsin. We gave this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all facilities in the nation. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a great choice for most people. If you look further down this page, you will see this place's category ratings, which are also quite good.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling

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Nurse Quality

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. There are numerous factors within this area. Many of the criteria relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. It does not appear that we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without having access to complete deficiency data for this facility, it ended up being difficult to fully evaluate the place in the inspections category.

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Short-term Care Quality

We also would like to point out the fact that this facility was awarded a superb grade of A- in our short-term care area. Our short-term care grade is often used to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

In our final area, we awarded this facility an A for its long-term care score. This completed a first-rate report card. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations 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.

Augusta Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 6.26% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 92.96% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 13.23% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 20.17% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 13.08 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Augusta Health and Rehabilitation, 75.51% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

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