Luther Manor
4545 N 92nd St, Milwaukee WI 53225 · (414) 464-3880 · 94.01% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Luther Manor is a large non-profit nursing home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective residents. In fact, we thought highly enough of this nursing home to rank it ahead of the majority of the facilities in Milwaukee. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 152 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care grade. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This place outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country with 59.9 percent of its patients returning home. This is a much better rate than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best scores in that category with a score of A-. Few facilities with an overall score in this range performed as well in multiple categories. Our inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 5 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.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing grade. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we look at the amount of time nurses spend with residents as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This place provides an incredible 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is much more care than what is provided by most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was long-term care. We gave this facility a decent score in that category, with a grade of B-. Even though this wasn't as dominant as many of this nursing home's other scores, it is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. For residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. This nursing home's vaccination data were not as strong as its nursing hours data. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 87.2211 percent of its patients. We would love to see some improvement in this area next year. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.38 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Luther Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better