Meadowbrook at Appleton is an average-sized facility in Appleton, Wisconsin. Featuring an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a bottom of the barrel nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's rather poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are four other nursing homes in Appleton. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
Meadowbrook at Appleton
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Bariatric Care
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
While we gave this nursing home a terrible overall score, we gave it a C for our short-term care rating. Our short-term care scores are believed to be most critical for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 4.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of C. Few facilities fared better in this category. Nursing scores are mostly associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place.
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Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this nursing home received very poor government inspection reports in recent years, causing them to receive a lowly F for inspections. An F in this category is typically a sign that there were red flags on the facility's government inspections. When a nursing home has this bad of an inspection grade, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This facility had 2 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, we would like to point out that this nursing home was assessed significant government fines of more than $100,000. This usually suggests that a nursing home's bad track record spanned multiple years.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is long-term care, in which this facility was given a very poor score in this area as well. It received an F in this category, which is obviously a major disappointment. Facilities that don't fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to just 85.71429 percent of its patients, which is several points lower than we expected. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadowbrook at Appleton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 6.26% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 92.96% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 13.23% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Meadowbrook at Appleton, 75.51% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Appleton, WI
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Appleton, Wisconsin has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Ascension Ne Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAcute Care Hospitals 0.07 miles away1506 S Oneida St Appleton Wisconsin 54915Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 738-2000
- Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAcute Care Hospitals 2.06 miles away1818 N Meade St Appleton Wisconsin 54911Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 731-4101
- Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin Fox ValleyChildrens 4.86 miles away130 Second St Neenah Wisconsin 54956Voluntary non-profit - Other(920) 969-7900
- Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Neenah IncAcute Care Hospitals 4.86 miles away130 2nd St Neenah Wisconsin 54956Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 729-3100
- Aurora Medical Ctr OshkoshAcute Care Hospitals 18.02 miles away855 N Westhaven Drive Oshkosh Wisconsin 54904Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 456-6000
- Thedacare Medical Center New LondonCritical Access Hospitals 18.61 miles away1405 Mill St New London Wisconsin 54961Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 531-2000
- Ascension Calumet HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.83 miles away614 Memorial Drive Chilton Wisconsin 53014Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 849-2386
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis - Appleton2.53 miles away2701 N Oneida St, Ste E Appleton Wisconsin 54911CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (920) 997-8600
- Fmc - Neenah4.9 miles away300 N Commercial St, Ste 100 Neenah Wisconsin 54956CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (920) 725-7861
- Fmc - Kaukauna8.08 miles away2259 Progress Way Kaukauna Wisconsin 54130Dialysis Stations: 12 (920) 759-4540
- Davita - Oshkosh Dialysis17.03 miles awayDialysis Unit 855 North Westhaven Drive Oshkosh Wisconsin 54904Dialysis Stations: 10 (920) 303-0650
- Fresenius Medical Care Oshkosh LLC19.19 miles away2700 W 9th Ave Suite 101a Oshkosh Wisconsin 54904Dialysis Stations: 10 (920) 223-4990