Lindengrove Waukesha
425 N University Dr, Waukesha WI 53188 · (262) 524-6400 · 54.68% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Lindengrove Waukesha is located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack score. Based on our analysis, this place ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's report card was is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This facility excelled in the category of short-term care, with an A+ in this category. This really propped up its overall grade. With our short-term care category, we strive to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This place excelled at the highest level in two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility offered about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the typical facility. This is an encouraging sign. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in the nation in this area with 57 percent of its patients returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. There are a number of subcategories within this grade. Many of the subcategories reflect nurse staffing. This place provided 5.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is among the higher totals in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We are very impressed by both of these statistics. In addition to looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Facility Inspections
This facility earned its third best category grade in the area of inspections. Inspection scores are based on a nursing home's recent government inspection reports. We awarded this nursing home a C in this area. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. Surprisingly, this facility had a category J through K deficiency, which are among the worst possible categories of deficiencies. This usually means the government inspectors found a deficiency which places resident health or safety in immediate jeopardy. Finally, we want to point out that this nursing home received some government fines recently. We were relieved to find that these fines were on the lower end of the spectrum. Nevertheless, this is still not what you like to see.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed was long-term care, ended up being this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this category. This really was one of just a couple of weak points of a quality profile. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After considering nursing care provided by this nursing home, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. With a long-term care grade in this range, it is surprising to learn that this facility received respectable marks in both of these statistics. In fact, this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which appears to be higher than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home also wasn't as bad as we expected at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Although it had 1.98 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not bad since it had some more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lindengrove Waukesha Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better