Crossroads Care Center of Sun Prairie
41 Rickel Rd, Sun Prairie WI 53590 · (608) 837-8529 · 82% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Crossroads Care Center of Sun Prairie is in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, a city with 36,294 people. With an overall grade of D, this is a relatively poor nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Sun Prairie. The city has just one other nursing home. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 50 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received an impressive short-term care score this year. We gave it a B in this category. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. It was respectable in this area with 48.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. The nursing grade assesses several components, but the main one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 2.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, our nursing scores also consider quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its patients.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received slightly below average government inspections in recent years. We gave them a C in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This tells you that inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent danger to patient safety or health. Finally, we want to note that this nursing home received government fines in recent years. Fortunately these were on the lower end of the spectrum. Nevertheless, this still isn't what we hoped to see.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final area, this nursing home did not perform very well in this category either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is about as as uninspiring as it gets. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 97.637794 percent of its residents, which is more than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 3.37 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not bad since it had more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Crossroads Care Center of Sun Prairie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have new or worsened 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 datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better