Woodside Lutheran Home is a facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a city with a population of 179,116 people. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is one of the most impressive scores that we offer. A score in this range requires top-notch scores across the board. In fact, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it ahead of most of the facilities in Green Bay, which boasts a strong selection of facilities. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile was its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section
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Woodside Lutheran Home
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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
- Non profit - Church related
- Secure Memory 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
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled at short-term care. We awarded them a grade of A+ in this area. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
We awarded this facility a score of A- for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically avoided the most 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.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the final area, this nursing home was given an acceptable long-term care rating. Although this wasn't nearly as good as some of its other scores, this is still not a major area of concern. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.78049 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Woodside Lutheran Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 6.74% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 2.44% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 1.54% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better nursing care limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 13.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 18.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 2.6% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 96.85% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 8.05% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 14.29% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 14.29% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 9.55% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 63.82% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Green Bay, WI
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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