Golden Age Manor is an average-sized government-owned facility in Amery, Wisconsin. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack rating. Based on all of the relevant data, there are definitely far worse places out there. The best part of this facility's profile is is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Golden Age Manor
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home's overall score was bolstered by the fact that it has earned favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better scores in this category, with a B+. This is a notably better grade than the nursing home's overall score. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. This is a great sign for the quality of care at this nursing home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. Our nursing rating is largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It scored well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the number of hours of care offered.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given its third highest category grade in the area of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this category, which is a respectable grade. Our long-term care grades are more important for those requiring more conventional services related to activities of daily living. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 98.78542 percent of its patients, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed was short-term care, which was this nursing home's worst area. We gave this facility a D in that category. Short-term care grades are typically used to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Given its abysmal grade in this category, we were not shocked to discover that this nursing home offers significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most facilities, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Age Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Golden Age Manor, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Golden Age Manor, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Golden Age Manor, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents which experienced a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Golden Age Manor, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Golden Age Manor, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Golden Age Manor, 6.26% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Golden Age Manor, 92.96% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Golden Age Manor, 13.23% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Golden Age Manor, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Golden Age Manor, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Golden Age Manor, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Golden Age Manor, 13.08 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Golden Age Manor, 75.51% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Amery Hospital & ClinicCritical Access Hospitals 0.54 miles away265 Griffin Street East Amery Wisconsin 54001Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 268-0300
- St Croix Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.29 miles away235 State Street Saint Croix Falls Wisconsin 54024Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 483-0556
- Westfields Hospital and ClinicCritical Access Hospitals 15.74 miles away535 Hospital Rd New Richmond Wisconsin 54017Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 243-2600
- Ladd Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.22 miles away2600 65th Avenue Osceola Wisconsin 54020Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 294-2111
Nearby Dialysis
- Amery Dialysis of Davita0.53 miles away970 Elden Ave Amery Wisconsin 54001Dialysis Stations: 14 (715) 268-4288
- St Croix Falls Dialysis of Davita15.01 miles away744 Louisiana St East Saint Croix Falls Wisconsin 54024Dialysis Stations: 9 (715) 483-1555