Milwaukee Catholic Home
2330 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee WI 53211 · (414) 220-4610 · 87.38% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Milwaukee Catholic Home is in the large metropolitan area of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sporting an overall rating of A+, we deemed this nursing home to be one of the ten best nursing homes in Milwaukee. Overall scores in this range are a reliable indication of top-notch facility. You simply can not do much better than this facility. Finally, this wound up being a very consistent nursing home with consistent grades in all four of our categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 107 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also want to note that this nursing home excelled in our nursing category. We awarded them an A+ in this category. When computing a facility's nursing rating, we consider the amount of time nurses are seeing patients and the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which a significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. This is among the higher totals of nursing hours we were able to find. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With under five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place the country in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a grade of A+ for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. One reason for this nursing home's strong score in this category is that it provides more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in the nation in this area with 65.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also fared very well in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A. Few facilities fared better in this category. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. One of the factors we considered in addition to this facility's quality nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 98.181816 percent of its patients. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for the elderly. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.88 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's recent inspections. We gave it an impressive grade of A for that category. This finished off this place's straight A report card. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Milwaukee Catholic Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand 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 indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better