Sun Prairie Health Care Center is a small nursing home located in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. This facility appears to be ranked among the higher-graded nursing homes we assessed. A score in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. Finally, this facility did have an ownership change in the last 12 months, so we'll have to keep an eye on it to make sure it maintains its excellent quality standards.
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Sun Prairie Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Please note our records indicate that Sun Prairie Health Care Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. We weighed the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses were with patients, in computing our score in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our third category, this nursing home also received a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. Short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is long-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B. This actually proved to be this nursing home's worst area. A nursing home could be doing a lot worse when their poorest grade still is better than most other nursing homes. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sun Prairie Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term patients who experienced falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 29.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients which were given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 12.16% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 97.62% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 18.46% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who 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 erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 28.35% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 28.35% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 0% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Sun Prairie Health Care Center, 97.37% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Unitypoint Health - MeriterAcute Care Hospitals 12.39 miles away202 S Park St Madison Wisconsin 53715Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 417-6000
- Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonAcute Care Hospitals 12.67 miles away700 South Park St Madison Wisconsin 53715Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 251-6100
- University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 13.01 miles away600 Highland Avenue Madison Wisconsin 53792Government - Hospital District or Authority(608) 261-0025
- Columbus Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.29 miles away1515 Park Ave Columbus Wisconsin 53925Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 623-2200
- Stoughton HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.21 miles away900 Ridge St Stoughton Wisconsin 53589Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 873-6611
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Sun Prairie Dialysis2.82 miles away719 Bunny Trl Sun Prairie Wisconsin 53590Dialysis Stations: 12 (608) 825-6556
- Bio-Medical Applications of Wisconsin, Inc.3.19 miles away2831 O'keeffe Ave Sun Prairie Wisconsin 53590Dialysis Stations: 17 (608) 274-6358
- Wi Dialysis Inc - East4.5 miles away4600 American Pkwy, Suite 108 Madison Wisconsin 53718CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (608) 243-3003
- Fresenius Medical Care - Madison Capitol14.38 miles away2840 Index Road Madison Wisconsin 53713CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (608) 229-7222
- Wi Dialysis Inc - Fitchburg Clinic14.81 miles away3034 Fish Hatchery Road Madison Wisconsin 53713CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (608) 270-5600