Wildflower Court

Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn

Historical Rating

2000 Salmon Creek Lane,
Juneau AK 99801

84.38% estimated occupancy ¹

Wildflower Court is the lone facility we were able to find in Juneau, Alaska. This nursing home was given an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road rating. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely far worse facilities out there. The best part of this place's report card is is its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation

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Short-term Care Quality

We gave this facility an A+ for our short-term care grade. This is much more impressive than the nursing home's overall grade. In computing our short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. This nursing home is above the national average both in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Alaska in this area with 71.7 percent of its patients returning home.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+. The nursing score analyzes many components, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is an impressive figure which typically leads to higher quality care. Finally, we also factored some quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This place was on the weaker side in two of the areas we focus on, with below average percentages for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

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Long-term Care Quality

This facility's next most favorable area was its long-term care score, where it was given a grade of B-. Our long-term care scores are meaningful for patients looking for non-healthcare services such as personal care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 92.74612 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable figure. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

The last category we looked at was inspections. Unfortunately, this nursing home didn't receive favorable inspections in recent years. As a result, we had to give it an F in this category. Since this information is collected by independent government inspectors, we tend to heavily weight negative feedback in this category. This really dragged down this facility's overall grade. When a place has this poor of an inspection grade, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This particular facility was hit with 4 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed significant government fines recently amounting to more than $100,000. This generally suggests that a nursing home's bad performance has been an issue for multiple years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Wildflower Court Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Wildflower Court, 8.29% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Wildflower Court, 3.1% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Wildflower Court, 4.21% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Wildflower Court, 15.46% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Wildflower Court, 16.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Wildflower Court, 9.25% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Wildflower Court, 96.02% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Wildflower Court, 11.19% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Wildflower Court, 19.76% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Wildflower Court, 0.74 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Wildflower Court, 19.76 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Wildflower Court, 10.38 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.