Beaver Dam Healthcare Center is located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Sporting an overall grade of D, this is a well below average nursing home. This wasn't the worse nursing home we looked at, but we would still be very reluctant to recommend it. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Beaver Dam Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home actually received a good grade in our short-term care category. We gave it a B+ for that area, which is a solid score. In determining our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is often a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. It doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of C. The nursing score weighs many factors, but the paramount one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, nursing scores also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its patients.
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Long-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility just a D for our long-term care grade. This is not an impressive grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care may not provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities offer. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this facility administered the vaccine to just 88.84297 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Facility Inspections
Turning our last category of inspections, this facility received an F here. Since this data is compiled by government inspectors, we heavily weight negative feedback in this area. For nursing homes with bad inspection grades, you should scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This nursing home had 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they posed a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, we also need to point out that this facility was assessed significant government fines of over $100,000. This typically indicates that a nursing home's bad track record has been an issue for multiple years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Beaver Dam Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 8.92% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 3.31% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 0.86% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 17.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients which were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 8.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 3.15% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents demonstrating signs of depression. Many would argue that this is a measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 91.5% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 10.28% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 15.99% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Many would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 15.99% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 3.45% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Beaver Dam Healthcare Center, 66.09% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Beaver Dam Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.25 miles away707 S University Ave Beaver Dam Wisconsin 53916Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 887-7181
- Columbus Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.33 miles away1515 Park Ave Columbus Wisconsin 53925Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 623-2200
- Waupun Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.55 miles away620 W Brown St Waupun Wisconsin 53963Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 324-6512
- Watertown Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.2 miles away125 Hospital Drive Watertown Wisconsin 53098Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 261-4210
Nearby Dialysis
- Beaver Dam Dialysis0.85 miles away110 Monroe Street Beaver Dam Wisconsin 53916Dialysis Stations: 11 (920) 887-3376
- Waupun Regional Dialysis13.68 miles away10 Beaver Dam St Waupun Wisconsin 53963Dialysis Stations: 12 (920) 324-6531
- Total Renal Care Inc18.26 miles away1905 Market Way Watertown Wisconsin 53094Dialysis Stations: 11 (920) 206-0666