Nursing home
Willow Ridge Healthcare
400 Deronda St, Amery, WI 54001 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Real Property Health Facilities (9 facilities) · 83 certified beds
Willow Ridge Healthcare is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Amery, Wisconsin. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.93 hours per resident per day, below the Wisconsin average of 4.20. Its most recent inspection on Jul 30, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Willow Ridge Healthcare compares
This facility vs. the Wisconsin and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Wisconsin avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.93 | 4.20 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.67 | 0.97 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.18 | 2.59 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.2% | 47.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 9.8 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the July 30, 2025 inspection was corrected by August 21, 2025
What inspectors found at Willow Ridge Healthcare
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 30, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 30, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 30, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 400 Deronda St
Amery, WI 54001 - CMS certification #
- 525402
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 83
- Avg residents/day
- 28.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1986-07-01
- Chain
- Real Property Health Facilities (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Real Property Health Facilities
Real Property Health Facilities operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Real Property Health Facilities facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2020
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Jan 31, 2020 to Jan 15, 2022. Violations found: Overtime, Child labor. Back wages: $10,090 owed to 47 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $4,694. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Willow Ridge (Willow Ridge Health Care Facilities, LLC). Case 1956040.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Amery Hospital & Clinic, Amery. 0.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Golden Age Manor, Amery. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Good Samaritan Society - Home Care, St Croix Falls. 15.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Chet Johnson Drug Store. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 54001 as rural (rural area).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Amery Dialysis, Amery, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 54001.
Adoray Home Health And Hospice, office in Baldwin, 23.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Allina Health System, Coon Rapids. 45.5 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Willow Ridge Healthcare a good nursing home?
CMS gives Willow Ridge Healthcare an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Willow Ridge Healthcare staffed?
Willow Ridge Healthcare reports 3.93 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Wisconsin average of 4.20.
Has Willow Ridge Healthcare had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Willow Ridge Healthcare have?
Willow Ridge Healthcare is certified for 83 beds.