Lake Park of Madison Nursing and Rehabilitation Ce

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also earned an elite long-term care rating. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that category, with an impressive grade of A. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. After we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 94.3787 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

In addition, this facility also received top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. Nursing scores are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

The next category we looked at was short-term care. Sadly, it received an F for this area, which is a very poor score. We wouldn't necessarily disregard a facility due to a single concerning score though. Our short-term care grades are critical for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. It looks like this nursing home was below average in many staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.