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Lutheran Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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7500 W North Ave,
Milwaukee WI 53213

(414) 258-6170

70.53% estimated occupancy 1

Lutheran Home is a large non-profit nursing home located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We awarded this facility an impressive overall rating of A+. With a grade of this caliber, it ended up being far superior to most of the nursing homes in Milwaukee. We couldn't find many negative things to say about this nursing home. Its grades are just impeccable. Headlining this facility's exemplary report card is its inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to performing well overall, this facility received nearly flawless government inspections. Consequently, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A+. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

We also would like to alert you to the fact that this facility was awarded a first-rate score of A in our short-term care category. In crafting our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing rating assesses several factors, however, the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving residents even once per day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In the final category we analyzed, this facility received a very favorable grade of A in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility completed a straight A report card. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Lutheran Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Lutheran Home, 6.51% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Lutheran Home, 4.41% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Lutheran Home, 2.01% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Lutheran Home, 14.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Lutheran Home, 8.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Lutheran Home, 0.93% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Lutheran Home, 99.62% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Lutheran Home, 9.87% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Lutheran Home, 26.3% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Lutheran Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Lutheran Home, 26.3% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Lutheran Home, 9.53% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Lutheran Home, 68.49% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.

Scores for Milwaukee, WI

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus

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