Sturgeon Bay Health Services

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility also earned an A+ inspection grade. This grade is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the category of long-term care. We gave them one of our stronger grades in that category, with a score of B+. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.07407 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Our nursing category weighs many factors, many of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The final category we scored was short-term care, in which we gave it a strong grade of B. This nursing home truly didn't have any weak grades. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 4.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.