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Northern Lights Hcc

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  • Assisted Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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706 Bratley Dr,
Washburn WI 54891

(715) 373-5621

80.59% estimated occupancy 1

Northern Lights Hcc is a small non-profit nursing home located in Washburn, Wisconsin. This proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this nursing home. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A- for our nursing rating. There are quite a few factors within this grade. Many of the datapoints 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 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 facility the nation 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 having a policy of turning a resident even once per day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility was given strong scores in the area of short-term care as well. In fact, we gave it one of our most dominant scores in that category with a area of A-. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Adding another impressive category grade, we gave this facility a grade of B+ for our inspections category. Our inspection scores are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. You really can't do much better than a deficiency-free inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The final category we graded was long-term care. We gave this facility an acceptable score in that area, with a grade of B-. Although this isn't as strong as a few of this nursing home's other scores, it is still not a poor grade. In calculating our long-term care grades, we scrutinize the personal care offered to the facility's patients. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. Unfortunately, this nursing home vaccinated just 90 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Northern Lights Hcc Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Northern Lights Hcc, 2.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Northern Lights Hcc, 3.08% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Northern Lights Hcc, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who have suffered from a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Northern Lights Hcc, 26.98% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Northern Lights Hcc, 26.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Northern Lights Hcc, 13.68% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Northern Lights Hcc, 93.59% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Northern Lights Hcc, 19.05% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Northern Lights Hcc, 15.78% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Northern Lights Hcc, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Northern Lights Hcc, 15.78% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Northern Lights Hcc, 16.71% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Northern Lights Hcc, 89.04% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Memorial Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 7.95 miles away1615 Maple Lane Ashland Wisconsin 54806Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 685-5500

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Dialysis - Chequamegon Bay7.73 miles away1815 Beaser Ave Ashland Wisconsin 54806Dialysis Stations: 12 (715) 682-4333