Tomah Nursing and Rehab

Tomah Nursing and Rehab is the only facility we found in Tomah, Wisconsin. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. Based on our assessment, this place is not a fit for any prospective resident. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is nursing, which is addressed in the next section.

While we graded this nursing home very poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing rating this year. We gave it a B- in that category. The nursing rating is based on many factors. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This place provided just 3.1 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is a relatively low figure. Nevertheless, more than one quarter of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. This is a high ratio of skilled nursing care, which we weight more heavily in our nursing scores. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.

We were also surprised to discover that this facility earned a solid short-term care grade in our assessment. We gave it a B- in this area. Short-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. This place provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most facilities we looked at. This is a very favorable sign. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the majority of facilities in the country with 49.3 percent of its residents returning home. This is a higher rate than most nursing homes.

We also wanted to draw your attention to this nursing home's inspection grades where it received an F. This generally means we found some red flags on the inspection reports. For places that received this bad of an inspection rating, we recommend scrutinizing the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular facility was hit with 4 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

The final area we analyzed is long-term care, in which this facility received a poor grade in this area also. We gave it a lowly F for this area, which is definitely a major disappointment. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care likely don't provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes offer. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated 60.135136 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is several points below what we expected. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.62 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.