Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Featuring an overall score of B, this nursing home is a very good choice. Even in a city with 15 nursing homes, this facility should be a fine choice. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area usually have very few 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Another quality feature for this facility is that it received a favorable short-term care grade. Indeed, this proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded its next best category grade in the category of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this area, which is an acceptable score. Our long-term care scores are based on a facility's volume of care. This means a broad spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 99.726776 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
The final category we graded is nursing, is this facility's weakest category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. This is one of just a few weak links of a quality report card. Our nursing score consists of a handful of factors, many of which are tied to nursing hours. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This place performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these metrics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 9.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 2.79% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 16.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 1.48% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression. High levels of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 89.54% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 17.84% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 15.38% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 2.05 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 15.38 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 12.77 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village, 64.63% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for New Orleans, LA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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