Golden Years of Lake Geneva is in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The city has a total of 16,457 people. With an A overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the country. You really can't do any better than this place. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its short-term care score, which is addressed in the next section.
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Golden Years of Lake Geneva
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our third category, this nursing home was given a top-shelf long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in that area. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia tragically can be a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the final category, this facility received an extremely favorable nursing score. In fact, we gave it a B+ in this category, completing one of our finer report cards. The nursing category analyzes several data points, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Years of Lake Geneva Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 7.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 3.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents who have experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 13.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 16.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 5.98% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 92.12% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 13.34% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 17.08% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 17.08 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 14.13 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Golden Years of Lake Geneva, 76.01% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Walworth Hospital & Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 7.03 miles awayn2950 State Road 67 Lake Geneva Wisconsin 53147Voluntary non-profit - Private(262) 245-0535
- Aurora Lakeland Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.5 miles awayw3985 County Road Nn Elkhorn Wisconsin 53121Voluntary non-profit - Private(262) 741-2000
- Aurora Medical Center BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 9.14 miles away252 Mchenry St Burlington Wisconsin 53105Voluntary non-profit - Private(262) 767-6545
- Mercy Harvard HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.71 miles away901 S Grant Street Harvard Illinois 60033Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 943-5431
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Lake Geneva Dialysis1.28 miles away650 N Edwards Blvd Lake Geneva Wisconsin 53147CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (262) 248-2502
- Fmc - of Mchenry17.13 miles away4312 W Elm Street Mchenry Illinois 60050Dialysis Stations: 14 (815) 363-7254
- Fmc - Antioch17.16 miles away311 W. Depot Street, Suite H Antioch Illinois 60002Dialysis Stations: 12 (847) 395-5854
- Lake Villa Dialysis18.26 miles away37809 N Illinois, Route 59 Lake Villa Illinois 60046CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (847) 245-4872
- Dialysis Care Center - Mchenry18.96 miles away612 S Il, Route 31 Mchenry Illinois 60050Dialysis Stations: 14 (779) 704-6610
- Ara - Mchenry Dialysis Center19.25 miles away4209 W. Shamrock Lane, Unit A Mchenry Illinois 60050Dialysis Stations: 13 (815) 344-8512
- Total Renal Care, Inc.19.41 miles away400 Bay View Rd, Suite F Mukwonago Wisconsin 53149Dialysis Stations: 10 (262) 363-1925