Edgewater Haven Nursing Home is the only option we were able to find in Port Edwards, Wisconsin. After receiving an A overall grade, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the 100 best facilities in Wisconsin. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of high-end nursing homes. You simply can not do much better than this facility. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also quite good. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
Edgewater Haven Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home earned near flawless health inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing score is primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was elite in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A. Few facilities received a better grade in this area. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category we rated, this nursing home was given a very favorable grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this score, the facility topped off a very impressive report card. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Edgewater Haven Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 6.26% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 92.96% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 13.23% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 13.08 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Edgewater Haven Nursing Home, 75.51% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics IncAcute Care Hospitals 2.34 miles away410 Dewey St Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin 54495Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 423-6060
- Ascension St Michaels HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.7 miles away900 Illinois Ave Stevens Point Wisconsin 54481Voluntary non-profit - Church(715) 346-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Wisconsin Rapids Dialysis2.48 miles away1041 B. Hill St Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin 54494CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (715) 422-0550
- Davita - Stevens Point Dialysis19.67 miles away1100 Meridian Dr Plover Wisconsin 54467Dialysis Stations: 12 (715) 343-1266