Crossroads Care Center of Mayville

This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless inspection reports in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection scores are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 12 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

This nursing home also was given a positive score in our short-term care category. We awarded this nursing home a better than average grade of B+ in this area. Our short-term care scores are presumably more meaningful for patients needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. The nursing rating weighs many subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This place averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is not an impressive total. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this metric. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving a patient at least once a day.

This facility's least impressive category is long-term care, which is the last area we scored. It received a lowly F in this area. Despite a few acceptable scores in other areas, this score is still alarming so we wanted to make a note of it. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is higher than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.