Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home in Colfax, Wisconsin, a city with a population of 4,903 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires solid scores in most areas. Based on our analysis, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. Fortunately, this place didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center
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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. We were not able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. We would like to have more information about this nursing home. Without having access to complete deficiency related data, it was a challenge to evaluate it in the inspections category.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this area. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. There are numerous criteria included in this category. Many of the criteria relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a decent grade in that category, with a grade of B-. Although this was not as strong as a few of this facility's other scores, it is nevertheless not a terrible score. Long-term care grades are generally used to assess a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 7.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents that suffer from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5.98% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 92.12% 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 Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.34% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.08% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.08 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 14.13 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center, 76.01% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mayo Clinic Health System-Red CedarCritical Access Hospitals 11.35 miles away2321 Stout Rd Menomonie Wisconsin 54751Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 235-5531
- Mayo Clinic Health System-Chippewa ValleyCritical Access Hospitals 13.41 miles away1501 Thompson St Bloomer Wisconsin 54724Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 568-2000
- Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau ClaireAcute Care Hospitals 16.18 miles away1221 Whipple St Eau Claire Wisconsin 54703Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 838-3311
- Marshfield Medical Center - Eau ClaireAcute Care Hospitals 17.03 miles away2310 Craig Rd Eau Claire Wisconsin 54701Voluntary non-profit - Private(833) 883-3262
- Sacred Heart HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.27 miles away900 W Clairemont Ave Eau Claire Wisconsin 54701Voluntary non-profit - Church(715) 717-4121
- St Josephs HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.18 miles away2661 County Hwy I Chippewa Falls Wisconsin 54729Voluntary non-profit - Church(715) 717-7200
Nearby Dialysis
- Mayo Clinic Dialysis - Menomonie11.64 miles away407 21st St Menomonie Wisconsin 54751Dialysis Stations: 24 (715) 232-7272
- Sacred Heart Dialysis at St Josephs Hosp15.9 miles away2661 County Trunk I Chippewa Falls Wisconsin 54729Dialysis Stations: 8 (715) 726-3740
- Lake Hallie Dialysis of Davita15.98 miles away3636 E Melby St Chippewa Falls Wisconsin 54729Dialysis Stations: 12 (517) 833-8512
- Luther Hospital - Mayo Clinic Dialysis16.19 miles away1221 Whipple St Eau Claire Wisconsin 54702Dialysis Stations: 10 (715) 838-3171
- Sacred Heart Hospital Dialysis17.32 miles away900 W Clairemont Ave Eau Claire Wisconsin 54701Dialysis Stations: 11 (715) 717-6555
- Mayo Clinic Dialysis - London Road19.73 miles away3845 London Road Eau Claire Wisconsin 54701Dialysis Stations: 24 (715) 838-3872