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North Central Health Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Grade: A-minus
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1100 Lake View Dr,
Wausau WI 54403

(715) 848-4600

89.28% estimated occupancy 1

North Central Health Care is a nursing home located in Wausau, Wisconsin, which has 54,974 people. With an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the higher-graded nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it ahead of most of the facilities in Wausau, which boasts a good selection of nursing homes. As you can see below, this facility also performed just fine in our category ratings. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - County
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Aquatic Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this very important area. Inspection ratings are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Among its many impressive grades, this nursing home was awarded a top-shelf short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in this category. Our short-term care grades are likely most meaningful for people needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this nursing home also received favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded it one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B+. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 91.42857 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

The last area we analyzed was nursing, where this nursing home was given a grade of B. Believe it or not, this is this nursing home's worst category. A nursing home is doing something right when it's weakest score still is better than most facilities. There are a host of data points included in this area. Many of the factors relate to staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This nursing home was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

North Central Health Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In North Central Health Care, 10.65% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In North Central Health Care, 4.52% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In North Central Health Care, 3.41% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In North Central Health Care, 14.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for several conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In North Central Health Care, 18.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In North Central Health Care, 1.53% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents showing signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In North Central Health Care, 95.06% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In North Central Health Care, 8.62% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In North Central Health Care, 16.03% of Residents

This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In North Central Health Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In North Central Health Care, 16.03% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In North Central Health Care, 5.98% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In North Central Health Care, 83.15% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Wausau, WI

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? Wausau, Wisconsin has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Aspirus Wausau HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.88 miles away333 Pine Ridge Blvd Wausau Wisconsin 54401Proprietary(715) 847-2121
  • Ascension St Clares HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.75 miles away3400 Ministry Parkway Schofield Wisconsin 54476Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 393-3000
  • Ascension Good Samaritan HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.21 miles away601 S Center Ave Merrill Wisconsin 54452Voluntary non-profit - Church(715) 536-5511

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Wausau Dialysis2.62 miles away2600 Stewart Ave, Suite 144 Wausau Wisconsin 54401Dialysis Stations: 26 (715) 841-1708
  • Aspirus Hosp Dialysis Ctr3.33 miles away3000 Westhill Dr Suite 106 Wausau Wisconsin 54401CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (715) 847-0019
  • Davita - Prairie River Dialysis17.18 miles away601 S Center Ave Merrill Wisconsin 54452Dialysis Stations: 6 (715) 539-0613