Dove Healthcare - Bloomer

Dove Healthcare - Bloomer is a small nursing home located in Bloomer, Wisconsin. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is among the top scores that we offer. A score in this range requires excellent marks across the board. As far as we can see, this facility looks like a great choice for most people. This nursing home also received phenomenal scores in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Contributing to its elite resume, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care area. In fact, it received a grade of A- in that category. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. When computing our nursing scores, we assess both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is an impressive statistic which typically correlates with quality care. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average.

In the last area, we awarded this facility an A+ for our short-term care score. This wrapped up a very favorable profile. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. 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. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. It performed respectably with 45 percent of its patients returning home.