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. Indeed, this proved to be one of the top five facilities in Green Bay. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card is its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph
Woodside Lutheran Home
- 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 - 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
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility received an A+ in the category of short-term care. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is considered to be a meaningful measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Our nursing score is largely tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed at a high level in the area of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. It received one of our best grades in that category with a grade of B+. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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 next category, this nursing home was given an acceptable long-term care score. While this was not quite as elite as some of its other grades, this is still not the end of the world. In the category of long-term care, we weigh the quantity of services provided by a nursing home, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinates 99.31271 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Woodside Lutheran Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 6.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 13.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 6.26% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 92.96% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 13.23% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 13.08 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Woodside Lutheran Home, 75.51% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
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 A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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