With an address in Friendship, Wisconsin, Villa Pines Living Center is the only nursing home we identified in this area. This facility made our top 500 list of the best nursing homes in the country. With more than 15,000 facilities in the country, this is an impressive subset of nursing homes. Based on our analysis, you can not go wrong here. If you scroll down, you will see this facility's category grades, which look to be just as impressive as its overall grade.
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Villa Pines Living Center
- Nursing Home
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 - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A+. Few facilities fared this well in this area. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech 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. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 6.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our third category, this nursing home received a strong long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in this category. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
The fourth category we scored is nursing, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of A. This topped off a very strong profile. Few nursing homes received an A- or better in every category. In determining our nursing grades, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 employing a system of moving patients at least once a day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Villa Pines Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Villa Pines Living Center, 4.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Villa Pines Living Center, 7.26% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Villa Pines Living Center, 5.17% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Villa Pines Living Center, 13.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Villa Pines Living Center, 26.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Villa Pines Living Center, 7.08% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Villa Pines Living Center, 99.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Villa Pines Living Center, 7.92% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Villa Pines Living Center, 7.28% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Villa Pines Living Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Villa Pines Living Center, 7.28% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Villa Pines Living Center, 22.17% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Villa Pines Living Center, 93.67% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Divine Savior HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 16.5 miles away2817 New Pinery Road Portage Wisconsin 53901Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 742-4131
- Columbus Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.29 miles away1515 Park Ave Columbus Wisconsin 53925Voluntary non-profit - Private(920) 623-2200
- University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 18.13 miles away600 Highland Avenue Madison Wisconsin 53792Government - Hospital District or Authority(608) 261-0025
- Unitypoint Health - MeriterAcute Care Hospitals 18.81 miles away202 S Park St Madison Wisconsin 53715Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 417-6000
- Sauk Prairie HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.15 miles away260 26th Street Prairie Du Sac Wisconsin 53578Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 643-3311
- Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonAcute Care Hospitals 19.24 miles away700 South Park St Madison Wisconsin 53715Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 251-6100
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Sun Prairie Dialysis13.05 miles away719 Bunny Trl Sun Prairie Wisconsin 53590Dialysis Stations: 12 (608) 825-6556
- Bio-Medical Applications of Wisconsin, Inc.13.66 miles away2831 O'keeffe Ave Sun Prairie Wisconsin 53590Dialysis Stations: 17 (608) 274-6358
- Wi Dialysis Inc - East13.78 miles away4600 American Pkwy, Suite 108 Madison Wisconsin 53718CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (608) 243-3003
- Divine Savior Healthcare Dialysis16.59 miles away2817 New Pinery Road Portage Wisconsin 53901Dialysis Stations: 6 (608) 745-5160