Portage Cty Hlth Care Center
825 Whiting Ave, Stevens Point WI 54481 · (715) 346-1374 · 78.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Portage Cty Hlth Care Center is one of only two available facilities in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. We awarded this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the nation. Based on our assessment, this place is simply as good as it gets. Keep reading to find this facility's category ratings, which are equally impressive. You just can't do any better than a straight A profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 70 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home also received an A+ inspection grade. This is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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
We also want to alert you to the fact that this facility received a strong score of A in our long-term care category. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered on top of this nursing home's quality nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.666664 percent of its patients. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for seniors. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 1.77 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most facilities since it had more complex patients.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning our third category, this facility was awarded an excellent short-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that area. With our short-term care rating, we strive to forge a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This nursing home provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most nursing homes we looked at. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it performed respectably with 47.3 percent of its residents able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The fourth category we scored is nursing, where this facility was awarded a grade of A-. This finished off a first-rate report card. Few facilities received an A- or higher in each of our categories. Our nursing score assesses a handful of subcategories, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is among the highest totals in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by these figures. On top of providing high levels of care, this facility also fared well in some of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Portage Cty Hlth Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients 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, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better