Cornell Health Services

Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Cornell Health Services's website

320 N 7th St,
Cornell WI 54732

(715) 239-6288

68.4% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Cornell, Wisconsin, Cornell Health Services is the sole option we were able to find in this city. This facility received an A- overall, which is one of the best grades that we offer. A grade of this caliber requires top-notch marks across the board. Based on our analysis, you can't go wrong with this facility. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Dialysis Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

We also wanted to point out that this nursing home has received near flawless inspections recently. We gave them an A+ in this category. Arguably the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home also fared very well in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A. Very few facilities performed better in this area. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to 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 nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

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Nurse Quality

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. Our nursing grade weighs many factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we analyzed is long-term care, which is a weak spot for this facility. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in our long-term care category, making this the facility's worst category. We would still suggest that you consider all of a nursing home's grades. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's personal care instead of the skilled therapy or healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 99.07407 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Cornell Health Services Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Cornell Health Services, 7.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Cornell Health Services, 3.21% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who sustained a fall leading to serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Cornell Health Services, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who had urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Cornell Health Services, 13.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Cornell Health Services, 16.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Cornell Health Services, 5.98% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Cornell Health Services, 92.12% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Cornell Health Services, 13.34% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Cornell Health Services, 17.08% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Cornell Health Services, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Cornell Health Services, 17.08 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Cornell Health Services, 14.13 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Cornell Health Services, 76.01% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

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