Little Chute Health Services

Little Chute Health Services - LITTLE CHUTE, WI

1201 GARFIELD AVE, LITTLE CHUTE, WI 54140

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LITTLE CHUTE:

LITTLE CHUTE

has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:

Immediate Jeopardy Findingsi

In 6 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that LITTLE CHUTE caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY to residents (from March 6, 2015 to May 27, 2022).

All Surveys:   2015-03-06   2016-10-20   2022-05-27

Actual Harm Findingsi

In 9 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that LITTLE CHUTE caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from April 15, 2010 to May 27, 2022).

All Surveys:   2010-04-15   2011-03-24   2015-03-06   2016-10-20   2021-01-27   2022-05-27

Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi

LITTLE CHUTE received the worst ratings for the following:

1-star out of 5
For the last 7 consecutive months - January, 2023 to July, 2023

1-star out of 5
49 months total between May, 2015 and July, 2023

1-star out of 5
72 months total between May, 2015 and May, 2023

1-star out of 5
July, 2023

1-star out of 5
For the last 7 consecutive months - January, 2023 to July, 2023

Source - These ratings are published monthly by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

History of Unsafe Staffingi

Understaffing has a very human cost, not only to the dignity of nursing home residents but also to their basic safety and well-being. Click here for signs and symptoms of understaffing.

Understaffing has been determined to cause patient injury and deprive residents of essential care according to numerous scientific studies.

What is unsafe CNA staffing?

Below 2.0 hours of CNA time for each resident per day

"Less than 2.0 nurse aide hours per patient day is likely to result in poor care."

- CMS Report to Congress

What is inadequate CNA staffing?

Below 2.8 hours of CNA time for each resident per day

"Residents need a minimum of 2.80 hours of CNA care per day for safety and basic services.

- Institute of Medicine’s Keeping Patients Safe, 2004, and American Nurses Association’s Position Statement dated November 12, 2014

Was LITTLE CHUTE staffed at Unsafe levels?:

Days staffed below 2.0 hours of CNA time for each resident per day In 2020: 98.9%
272 days
out of 275 days
In 2019: 86.6%
316 days
out of 365 days
In 2018: 84.5%
153 days
out of 181 days
In 2017: 34.8%
127 days
out of 365 days
Average CNA care
per resident per day
In 2020: 1.52 hours
April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2019: 1.78 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2018: 1.83 hours
January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2017: 2.11 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
Average overall care
per resident per day
In 2020: 2.83 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)
In 2019: 3.33 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019)
In 2018: 3.32 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018)
In 2017: 3.74 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017)

Source — Payroll Based Journal daily staffing reports filed by this nursing home with CMS.
(For 2018, the most currently avaliable data is used above.)

Why do staffing levels matter to LITTLE CHUTE residents?

  • 92.9% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
  • 92.9% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
  • 82.1% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
  • 17.9% of residents had dementia

Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (August 30, 2017)

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