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Willow Ridge Healthcare

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  • Assisted Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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400 Deronda St,
Amery WI 54001

(715) 268-8171

44.81% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Amery, Wisconsin, Willow Ridge Healthcare is one of just a few available facilities there. This is a fine nursing home. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average score. As far as we can see, this facility looks like a solid choice for most people. Fortunately, this place didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

One of the reasons this turned out to be a strong facility is that it received a very impressive inspection rating. Inspections is its best category. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Turning to our next area, this nursing home also received a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 90.32258 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is somewhat below what we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final area we rated was this nursing home's poorest area. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still gave it an acceptable grade of C for our short-term care category. Our short-term care ratings are likely more meaningful for people requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this nursing home. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Willow Ridge Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 4% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 0.81% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a UTI. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 28.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 19.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 7.5% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 94.43% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 13.89% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 8.19% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Willow Ridge Healthcare, 8.19% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Amery Hospital & ClinicCritical Access Hospitals 0.66 miles away265 Griffin Street East Amery Wisconsin 54001Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 268-0300
  • St Croix Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.1 miles away235 State Street Saint Croix Falls Wisconsin 54024Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 483-0556
  • Westfields Hospital and ClinicCritical Access Hospitals 15.59 miles away535 Hospital Rd New Richmond Wisconsin 54017Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 243-2600
  • Ladd Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.99 miles away2600 65th Avenue Osceola Wisconsin 54020Voluntary non-profit - Private(715) 294-2111

Nearby Dialysis

  • Amery Dialysis of Davita0.59 miles away970 Elden Ave Amery Wisconsin 54001Dialysis Stations: 14 (715) 268-4288
  • St Croix Falls Dialysis of Davita14.82 miles away744 Louisiana St East Saint Croix Falls Wisconsin 54024Dialysis Stations: 9 (715) 483-1555