Pioneer Health and Rehab is a nursing home located in Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. The city has a population of 1,246 people. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the higher-rated facilities we assessed. This is just about as good of a place as you'll find. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Pioneer Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pain Management
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize that this nursing home has received near flawless inspections recently. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Inspection scores are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. It doesn't appear that we have information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its high-end resume, this facility also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, it received a score of A- in the area. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 93.333336 percent of its patients, which is somewhat below what we were hoping for. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, 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
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing category is based on a handful of subcategories, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated is short-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a B-. This ended up being this facility's weakest area. This is nevertheless not a bad grade. Short-term care grades are commonly used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. To have highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to 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 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pioneer Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 7.02% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 4.17% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 17.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients that are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 0% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 91.67% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 8.77% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 12.16% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 12.16% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 8.67% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pioneer Health and Rehab, 63.31% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mayo Clinic Health System-NorthlandCritical Access Hospitals 13.26 miles away1222 E Woodland Ave Barron Wisconsin 54812Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 537-3186
- Amery Hospital & ClinicCritical Access Hospitals 18.81 miles away265 Griffin Street East Amery Wisconsin 54001Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 268-0300
Nearby Dialysis
- Mayo Dialysis - Barron13.2 miles away1222 Woodland Ave Barron Wisconsin 54812Dialysis Stations: 6 (715) 537-1345
- Amery Dialysis of Davita18.98 miles away970 Elden Ave Amery Wisconsin 54001Dialysis Stations: 14 (715) 268-4288