Edenbrook of Oshkosh

This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

This facility also performed well in the category of short-term care, with top notch score of A- in this area. Our short-term care scores are important for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This means a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. In calculating our nursing grades, we analyze both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is significantly below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a patient even once per day.

The final area we analyzed was long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is a rock bottom grade. This is certainly a significant disappointment. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. Once we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 96.28099 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.