Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. This proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the highest ratings we offer. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top ten percentile of all facilities in the country. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's stellar profile is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with a strong overall grade, we gave this facility a grade of A for inspections. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its top-shelf assessments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for its long-term care grade. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 93.60465 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit less than we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. When computing a nursing home's nursing grade, we weigh the number of hours nurses spend with patients as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The fourth category we analyzed was short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of A. This completed a very favorable report card. Not many facilities earned an A- or higher in all four categories. In the category of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained a urinary tract infection. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 6.26% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 92.96% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 13.23% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 13.08 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Benedictine Living Community - La Crosse, 75.51% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for La Crosse, WI
- Overall Rating has a grade of A
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? La Crosse, Wisconsin has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.17 miles away1910 South Ave La Crosse Wisconsin 54601Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 782-7300
- Mayo Clinic Hlth System Franciscan Med CtrAcute Care Hospitals 1.59 miles away700 West Avenue South La Crosse Wisconsin 54601Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 785-0940
Nearby Dialysis
- Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse1.17 miles away1910 South Ave Heritage Building 2 West La Crosse Wisconsin 54601Dialysis Stations: 12 (608) 775-3835
- Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - Onalaska6.73 miles away3075 South Kinney Coulee Rd Onalaska Wisconsin 54650Dialysis Stations: 32 (608) 775-1360
- Mayo Clinic Dialysis - Onalaska6.97 miles away191 Theatre Road Onalaska Wisconsin 54650Dialysis Stations: 18 (608) 392-5011