Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility is in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, a city with 17,203 people. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the 25 best facilities in Wisconsin. In addition, this nursing home is also located in a hospital, which often means the nursing home offers a wider array of medical services. As you will see below, this nursing home performed equally well in our category grades. We gave it a straight A report card!
Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A+
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home performed well in our inspections category, where it earned a grade of A+. Very few places performed as well in this area. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A-plus
Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
The next category we analyzed was short-term care. Contributing to its superb resume, this nursing home also performed well in this area. In fact, we gave it a grade of of A in the area. With our short-term care category, we endeavor to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
In the last category we looked at, this facility received a very strong grade of A in our long-term care category. With this score, the nursing home rounded out a straight A profile. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a life threatening health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have experienced falls which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: C
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: D
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: C
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 6.26% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could reveal worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 92.96% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A-plus
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 13.23% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some believe this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: D
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is important for patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-plus
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: A
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: F
In Door County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, 75.51% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Door County Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away323 South 18th Avenue Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin 54235Voluntary non-profit - Church(920) 743-5566
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Sturgeon Bay Dialysis0.75 miles away108 South 10th Avenue Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin 54235Dialysis Stations: 6 (920) 746-7955
