Morrow Home Community is a senior living facility in Sparta, Wisconsin. The city has a total of 17,377 people. Sporting an overall score of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Morrow Home Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- 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
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of faring well overall, this nursing home earned nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it received one of our best scores in that category with an A+. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to this nursing home's list of accomplishments, it also received a superb short-term care grade. We gave them a dominant strong of A in this category. Short-term care grades are typically used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to have high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. There are quite a few criteria included in this category. Most of these subcategories are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility 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 Wisconsin in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving residents more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was long-term care, which turned out to be this facility's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. However, you should not assess this facility based solely on a single bad category, as it received multiple very strong grades in other categories. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Morrow Home Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Morrow Home Community, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Morrow Home Community, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Morrow Home Community, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay patients who had UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Morrow Home Community, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Morrow Home Community, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Morrow Home Community, 6.26% of Patients
This is the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Morrow Home Community, 92.96% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Morrow Home Community, 13.23% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent 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 eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Morrow Home Community, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Some argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Morrow Home Community, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Morrow Home Community, 20.17 Percentage 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, 13.08 Percentage 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, 75.51% Percentage 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