Lindengrove New Berlin

This nursing home received a nursing score which is stronger than its overall grade. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category scores came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. It actually performed better than most facilities in this category. Our short-term care ratings are critical for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Unfortunately, this facility did not receive a favorable inspection grade. We gave it just a D in this category. Inspection scores account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. You should be more cautious when considering a facility that has severe deficiencies on a recent inspection report. This particular nursing home was assessed one deficiency on its inspection report. We were relieved to find that it was not in a category that suggests that it created a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place received large government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This generally indicates that a nursing home's poor track record spanned several years.

The next category we scored is long-term care, which is this facility's weakest category. It received a lowly F in this area, which is obviously concerning. Facilities that don't score well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in a few of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 80.19802 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be several points less than what we expected. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.