Lakeview Health Center
962 E Garland St E, West Salem WI 54669 · (608) 786-1400 · 99.2% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Lakeview Health Center is a small government-owned facility located in West Salem, Wisconsin. This turns out to be an A+ rated facility, which is the most impressive score we offer. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top five percentile of all nursing homes in the United States. We also gave this facility strong scores in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 50 Beds
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Government - County
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses are with residents as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility provides an incredible 5.9 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this place was also above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. It performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few places to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the biggest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to track down information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed is long-term care. This facility performed remarkably in our long-term care category as well. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to offering very impressive levels of nurse staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This statistic is also far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.93 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In our last category, this nursing home also was given a very strong short-term care score, with an A-. This completed a first-rate report card. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be most important for individuals requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This facility elevated its score in this area by providing more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakeview Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better