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Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale

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Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale's website

1000 N Wisconsin Ave,
Muscoda WI 53573

(608) 739-3186

78.1% estimated occupancy 1

Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale is a nursing home located in Muscoda, Wisconsin, a city with a population of 3,062 people. Featuring an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a lower end facility. At the end of the day, you would be better off to steer clear of this place. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee 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
  • Oncology Care
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

While we gave this facility a terrible overall score, we gave it a B- for our short-term care rating. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.

Facility Inspections

Grade: C

This nursing home didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. We gave it a C for that category. Other categories turned out to be the source of its abysmal overall score. Our inspection grades are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This place had 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates that it dodged the more significant classes of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home also didn't perform terribly in the area of nursing. In fact, we awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is another one its better scores. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final category we looked at was long-term care. This facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this area. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 91.2 percent of its residents, which is a bit less than we were hoping for. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jul 22

Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 6.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 3.17% of Patients had UTIs

This measures the percentage of long-term patients which have sustained a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 13.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 15.58% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 6.45% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 92.81% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 13.28% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 21.75% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 1.26 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 21.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 13.28 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Dycora Transitional Health - Riverdale, 75.11% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Richland HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 10.42 miles away333 E Second St Richland Center Wisconsin 53581Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 647-6321
  • Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and ClinicsCritical Access Hospitals 14 miles away205 Parker St Boscobel Wisconsin 53805Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 375-4112

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=525321