The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Madison, Wisconsin which has a population of 272,940 people. This nursing home received an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. Based on our assessment, you'd be better off to avoid of this facility. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is nursing, which is addressed in the next section.
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The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Colostomy Care
- Aquatic Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Although we gave this nursing home a terrible overall grade, we gave it a grade of B- for our nursing category. Our nursing score is mostly associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a low total compared to most nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
Incredibly, we awarded this facility a B- for its short-term care grade, which really isn't too bad of a score. In computing our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is frequently a useful assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home just a D for our long-term care score. This is not an impressive grade. Facilities that do not fare well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were concerned by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 74.53704 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. When a facility has this bad of an inspection grade, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. This particular facility had a deficiency by CMS. We were relieved to find that it was not in a category that suggests that it posed a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.49% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 22.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 35.83% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 71.54% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.32% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5.54% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5.54% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.94% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Bay at Belmont Health and Rehabilitation Center, 82.74% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Madison, WI
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Madison, Wisconsin has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Unitypoint Health - MeriterAcute Care Hospitals 4.88 miles away202 S Park St Madison Wisconsin 53715Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 417-6000
- Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonAcute Care Hospitals 5.07 miles away700 South Park St Madison Wisconsin 53715Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 251-6100
- University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 5.97 miles away600 Highland Avenue Madison Wisconsin 53792Government - Hospital District or Authority(608) 261-0025
- Stoughton HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.16 miles away900 Ridge St Stoughton Wisconsin 53589Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 873-6611
Nearby Dialysis
- Wi Dialysis Inc - East3.82 miles away4600 American Pkwy, Suite 108 Madison Wisconsin 53718CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (608) 243-3003
- Bio-Medical Applications of Wisconsin, Inc.4.83 miles away2831 O'keeffe Ave Sun Prairie Wisconsin 53590Dialysis Stations: 17 (608) 274-6358
- Davita - Sun Prairie Dialysis5.46 miles away719 Bunny Trl Sun Prairie Wisconsin 53590Dialysis Stations: 12 (608) 825-6556
- Fresenius Medical Care - Madison Capitol6.59 miles away2840 Index Road Madison Wisconsin 53713CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (608) 229-7222
- Wi Dialysis Inc - Fitchburg Clinic7.03 miles away3034 Fish Hatchery Road Madison Wisconsin 53713CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (608) 270-5600