Superior Rehabilitation Center is located in Superior, Wisconsin, a city with a total of 30,772 people. This nursing home is a solid facility, with an overall grade of C. Based on our assessment, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. This place didn't meet our expectations in every category we looked at, but it did not receive any rock-bottom grades either. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Superior Rehabilitation Center
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Bariatric Care
- Aquatic Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's best category score came in the area of nursing. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. It actually outpaced most facilities in this area. When determining our nursing grades, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
This facility's inspection grade exceeded its overall grade as well. We gave them one of our better grades in that area, with a B. Our inspection grades are based on many items located in the a nursing home's inspections. Places that excel in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next best category was long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a B-. In crafting these long-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. After we finished assessing the amount of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 96.666664 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is short-term care, which proved to be this facility's weakest area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that category. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Based on its score in this category, we weren't stunned to learn that this nursing home is well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the figures we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected here. Finally, we considered the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Superior Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 5.29% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 2.22% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 3.66% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 31.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 22.08% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 2.92% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 97.66% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 12.55% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 16.28% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 16.28% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 18.16% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Superior Rehabilitation Center, 78.9% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Essentia Health St Mary's Hospital - SuperiorCritical Access Hospitals 1.87 miles away3500 Tower Ave Superior Wisconsin 54880Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 817-7000
- Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.5 miles away407 East Third Street Duluth Minnesota 55805Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 786-4000
- St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.92 miles away915 East 1st Street Duluth Minnesota 55805Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 249-5555
- Community Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.66 miles away512 Skyline Boulevard Cloquet Minnesota 55720Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 879-4641
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis - Superior1.97 miles away3500 Tower Avenue Superior Wisconsin 54880Dialysis Stations: 8 (715) 395-2199
- Fresenius Medical Care - Spirit Valley2.11 miles away4700 Mike Colalillo Drive Duluth Minnesota 55807Dialysis Stations: 22 (218) 624-7787
- Fmc Dialysis - Duluth5.61 miles away530 East 2nd St Duluth Minnesota 55805Dialysis Stations: 18 (218) 786-1533
- Fresenius Medical Care - Cloquet15.64 miles away512 Skyline Blvd Cloquet Minnesota 55720Dialysis Stations: 8 (218) 879-3051