Lake Country Health Services is an average-sized nursing home located in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score in this range requires quality marks in most areas. You could certainly do much worse than this place. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
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Lake Country Health Services
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
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
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is typically a meaningful measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize this facility's nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, although this place got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we rated was long-term care, which is this nursing home's weakest area. It received an F for this category, which is clearly somewhat concerning. Nursing homes that don't fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 89.90385 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lake Country Health Services Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lake Country Health Services, 13.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lake Country Health Services, 4.81% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lake Country Health Services, 1.5% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing care limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lake Country Health Services, 12.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lake Country Health Services, 10.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are given antianxiety medication. These medications are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lake Country Health Services, 5.96% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lake Country Health Services, 92.85% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lake Country Health Services, 17.68% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lake Country Health Services, 23.85% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Lake Country Health Services, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lake Country Health Services, 23.85% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lake Country Health Services, 8.84% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lake Country Health Services, 78.15% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Aurora Medical Center SummitAcute Care Hospitals 0.33 miles away36500 Aurora Drive Oconomowoc Wisconsin 53066Voluntary non-profit - Private(262) 434-1000
- Oconomowoc Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3 miles away791 E Summit Ave Oconomowoc Wisconsin 53066Voluntary non-profit - Private(262) 569-9400
- Waukesha Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.81 miles away725 American Ave Waukesha Wisconsin 53188Voluntary non-profit - Private(262) 928-1000
- Waukesha County Mental Health CtrPsychiatric 12.16 miles away1501 Airport Rd Waukesha Wisconsin 53188Government - Local(262) 548-7950
- Watertown Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.04 miles away125 Hospital Drive Watertown Wisconsin 53098Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 261-4210
- Aurora Medical Ctr Washington CountyAcute Care Hospitals 18.7 miles away1032 E Sumner St Hartford Wisconsin 53027Voluntary non-profit - Private(262) 673-2300
Nearby Dialysis
- Total Renal Care Inc1.11 miles away1253 Corporate Ctr Dr Oconomowoc Wisconsin 53066Dialysis Stations: 15 (262) 560-0371
- Total Renal Care Inc11.97 miles away721 American Ave Ste 204 Waukesha Wisconsin 53188CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (262) 928-2575
- Total Renal Care Inc.12.07 miles away1260 Sentry Dr Waukesha Wisconsin 53186Dialysis Stations: 12 (262) 446-5100
- Fresenius Medical Care Midwest Waukesha12.28 miles away111 Ann St Waukesha Wisconsin 53188CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (262) 542-6179
- Total Renal Care Inc15 miles away1905 Market Way Watertown Wisconsin 53094Dialysis Stations: 11 (920) 206-0666
- Total Renal Care, Inc.15.96 miles away400 Bay View Rd, Suite F Mukwonago Wisconsin 53149Dialysis Stations: 10 (262) 363-1925
- Davita - Capitol Drive16.14 miles away19395 W Capitol Dr, Suite 100 Brookfield Wisconsin 53045Dialysis Stations: 12 (262) 781-0273
- Total Renal Care Inc16.72 miles away18740 W Bluemound Rd Brookfield Wisconsin 53045Dialysis Stations: 8 (262) 782-9856