Wi Veterans Hm Macarthur Hall
n2665 Cty Rd Qq, King WI 54946 · (715) 258-5586 · 70.43% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in King, Wisconsin, Wi Veterans Hm Macarthur Hall is one of just a few nursing homes in this city. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the most impressive facilities we assessed. In fact, it was given our absolute highest score. We were not surprised to discover that this proved to be the number one rated facility in the city. As you can find below, this place performed just as well in our category scores. We gave it a straight A report card!
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 116 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home excelled in our nursing score. We gave them an A+ in this area. Our nursing score analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This facility provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is among the higher totals in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We are very impressed by these figures. On top of offering high levels of care, this facility was also above average in several of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This grade is based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. Our inspection scores are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another strength for this facility is long-term care, where it was awarded an A+ grade. This is flat out as good as it gets in this area. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. On top of patient-friendly nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination statistics was superb as well. In fact, it vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, this nursing home was given a strong short-term care rating. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this category, rounding out a straight A profile. In determining these short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wi Veterans Hm Macarthur Hall Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that have sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better