Morrow Home Community is a senior living facility in Sparta, Wisconsin. The city has a total of 17,377 people. We gave this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the United States. Based on our assessment, this place is just about as as good as it gets. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Morrow Home Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection scores are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
To complement its elite performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for its long-term care grade. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a life threatening ailment for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing grade focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of skill of the nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures 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 generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning a resident more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the last category, this facility received an extremely favorable short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in this category, completing one of our more impressive profiles. Our short-term care grade is generally used to measure a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Morrow Home Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Morrow Home Community, 1.12% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Morrow Home Community, 11.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents that suffered falls leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Morrow Home Community, 6.74% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Morrow Home Community, 9.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Morrow Home Community, 14.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Morrow Home Community, 8.72% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Morrow Home Community, 99.04% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Morrow Home Community, 5.85% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Morrow Home Community, 26.24% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Morrow Home Community, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Morrow Home Community, 26.24% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Morrow Home Community, 5.49% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Morrow Home Community, 74.86% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mayo Clinic Hlth Systm Franciscan Hlthcare SpartaCritical Access Hospitals 0.26 miles away310 W Main St Sparta Wisconsin 54656Voluntary non-profit - Church(608) 269-2132
Nearby Dialysis
- Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - Tomah14.96 miles away505 Gopher Drive, Suite B Tomah Wisconsin 54660Dialysis Stations: 16 (608) 374-0280
- Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - Onalaska19.32 miles away3075 South Kinney Coulee Rd Onalaska Wisconsin 54650Dialysis Stations: 32 (608) 775-1360
- Mayo Clinic Dialysis - Onalaska19.72 miles away191 Theatre Road Onalaska Wisconsin 54650Dialysis Stations: 18 (608) 392-5011