Skaalen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
400 N Morris St, Stoughton WI 53589 · (608) 873-5651 · 71.42% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Skaalen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of just two nursing homes in Stoughton, Wisconsin. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is a very strong rating. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. The best part of this facility's impressive profile is its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 91 Beds
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Non profit - Church related
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Our nursing grade features several datapoints. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.8 hours of nursing care per patient each day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly skilled levels of nurses. This is among the higher totals of nursing hours we found. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With under 5 percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
We also would like to point out the fact that this nursing home received a high-end score of A in our short-term care category. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who returned home from this nursing home. This place performed better than most nursing homes with 49.8 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
Another quality feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home a score of A-. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is long-term care, in which this facility was given a grade of B-. Although this turned out to be its worst category rating, this is still not a terrible score. In calculating our long-term care scores, we size up the assistance with daily living received by the facility's patients. In addition to above average nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination record is favorable as well. In fact, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This combination proved to be effective as this place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.83 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Skaalen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term care residents who experienced a fall which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint 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 emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better