Benedictine Manor of Lacrosse
2902 E Avenue South, La Crosse WI 54601 · (608) 788-9870 · 72.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Benedictine Manor of Lacrosse is one of four facilities in the city. With an A overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. As far as we can see, this facility looks like a wonderful choice for most people. Headlining this nursing home's stellar report card is its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to faring well overall, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with a grade of A+. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
We also would like to note the fact that this nursing home was given a first-rate grade of A in our short-term care area. Short-term care scores are meaningful for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most nursing homes we looked at. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home with 59.3 percent of its residents returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was dominant in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Very few facilities received a better grade in this category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 99.462364 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.42 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
In our final area, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent nursing grade, with a grade of B+. This finished off a first-rate profile. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is an impressive figure which typically leads to higher quality care. Finally, this place also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Benedictine Manor of Lacrosse Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better