Manorcare Health Services

Manorcare Health Services is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Appleton, Wisconsin. Featuring an overall score of B, this appears to be a good facility. Based on our analysis, this facility has quite a bit going for it. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its short-term care rating. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

On top of earning a strong overall score, this nursing home performed well in our short-term care category. We awarded it an A for that category. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. This nursing home is substantially above the national average in terms of its quantity of both physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. In fact, it provided about 50% more care per resident from both of these care providers than the average facility provided. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country in this area with 63.5 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.

This nursing home also excelled in inspections. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor dings aren't the end of the world.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing score analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This facility provided 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Approximately a quarter of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. This is a high percentage of skilled nursing care. We weight these hours more in determining our nursing grades. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This nursing home fared well in some of the quality measures we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented with better nursing care.

Switching gears to our fourth category, this nursing home really did not fare well. With a rock bottom grade of F in this category, this is notably its weakest grade. For residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 94.210526 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.