Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center is a small nursing home located in Superior, Wisconsin. This facility is ranked among the most elite facilities we assessed. This facility received one of the best grades that we offer. Indeed, this proved to be the highest rated facility in the city. If you scroll down, you will see this place's category grades, which appear to be equally strong as its overall score.
Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
35 N 28th St,
Superior WI 54880
83.61% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
On the list of its many elite grades, this facility received first-rate long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in this area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.45652 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. This nursing home was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Although it had 1.74 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than the majority of nursing homes since it had some more complex patients.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. The nursing grade assesses quite a few subcategories, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is an impressive figure which typically leads to higher quality care. Finally, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. For example, it performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the fourth category, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in that category. This completed a straight A profile. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a useful measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. This place provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most nursing homes we looked at. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the nation with 54.5 percent of its patients returning home. This is a higher rate than most nursing homes.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 6.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 3.34% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 3.01% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of long-term residents that have sustained a urinary tract infection. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 13.02% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 15.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 6.7% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 91.56% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 13.47% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 22.08% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 1.26 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 22.08 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 13.28 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Villa Marina Health and Rehab Center, 74.73% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Essentia Health St Mary's Hospital - SuperiorCritical Access Hospitals 1.3 miles away3500 Tower Ave Superior Wisconsin 54880Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 817-7000
- Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.05 miles away407 East Third Street Duluth Minnesota 55805Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 786-4000
- St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.3 miles away915 East 1st Street Duluth Minnesota 55805Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 249-5555
- Community Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.22 miles away512 Skyline Boulevard Cloquet Minnesota 55720Voluntary non-profit - Private(218) 879-4641
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis - Superior1.24 miles away3500 Tower Avenue Superior Wisconsin 54880Dialysis Stations: 8 (715) 395-2199
- Fresenius Medical Care - Spirit Valley4.47 miles away4700 Mike Colalillo Drive Duluth Minnesota 55807Dialysis Stations: 22 (218) 624-7787
- Fmc Dialysis - Duluth6.08 miles away530 East 2nd St Duluth Minnesota 55805Dialysis Stations: 18 (218) 786-1533
- Fresenius Medical Care - Cloquet18.21 miles away512 Skyline Blvd Cloquet Minnesota 55720Dialysis Stations: 8 (218) 879-3051