Hillview Health Care Center is in La Crosse, Wisconsin. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires favorable marks in most areas. In our view, this nursing home is a good fit for most people. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category grades, which are also strong. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
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Hillview Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an A for short-term care. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive grades, we awarded this nursing home an A- for inspections. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report, which is still very impressive. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a patient even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care. This facility was given a strong long-term care score in our assessment, with a B. This facility truly didn't have any weak spots. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hillview Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hillview Health Care Center, 20.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hillview Health Care Center, 5.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely associated with poor nursing care. More supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hillview Health Care Center, 3.16% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percent of long-term care patients which have experienced UTI's. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hillview Health Care Center, 14.36% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hillview Health Care Center, 22.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hillview Health Care Center, 17.01% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many would argue this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hillview Health Care Center, 99.58% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hillview Health Care Center, 17.93% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hillview Health Care Center, 26.4% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Hillview Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hillview Health Care Center, 26.4% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hillview Health Care Center, 15.89% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hillview Health Care Center, 73.99% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for La Crosse, WI
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? La Crosse, Wisconsin has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.2 miles away1910 South Ave La Crosse Wisconsin 54601Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 782-7300
- Mayo Clinic Hlth System Franciscan Med CtrAcute Care Hospitals 2.32 miles away700 West Avenue South La Crosse Wisconsin 54601Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 785-0940
Nearby Dialysis
- Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse2.21 miles away1910 South Ave Heritage Building 2 West La Crosse Wisconsin 54601Dialysis Stations: 12 (608) 775-3835
- Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - Onalaska6.6 miles away3075 South Kinney Coulee Rd Onalaska Wisconsin 54650Dialysis Stations: 32 (608) 775-1360
- Mayo Clinic Dialysis - Onalaska6.94 miles away191 Theatre Road Onalaska Wisconsin 54650Dialysis Stations: 18 (608) 392-5011