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Medilodge of Westwood

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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2575 N Drake Rd,
Kalamazoo MI 49007

(269) 342-0206

81.34% estimated occupancy 1

Medilodge of Westwood is one of six nursing homes in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Featuring an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. Kalamazoo received a city grade of B, so there are other options in the city worth considering. The best part of this place's profile is is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Palliative Care
  • Tracheotomy Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility really excelled in our short-term care category. We awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. This salvaged its profile. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to measure a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing grade assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

We also wanted to draw your attention to this nursing home's inspection score where it received an F. For places with bad inspection grades, you should really scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This facility was assessed 9 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to resident health or safety. Lastly, we also want to point out that this nursing home received large government fines recently of over $100,000. This typically suggests that a nursing home's bad track record has been an issue for multiple years.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last category we graded was long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. This is certainly a major concern. For residents looking for a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility provided the vaccine to 98.79518 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable statistic. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Medilodge of Westwood Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Medilodge of Westwood, 8.75% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Medilodge of Westwood, 2.41% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which had a fall which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Medilodge of Westwood, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients which sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Medilodge of Westwood, 15.27% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Medilodge of Westwood, 30.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Medilodge of Westwood, 2.16% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Medilodge of Westwood, 95.05% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Medilodge of Westwood, 3.86% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Medilodge of Westwood, 11.36% of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Medilodge of Westwood, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Medilodge of Westwood, 11.36% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Medilodge of Westwood, 21.84% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Medilodge of Westwood, 87.48% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Kalamazoo, MI

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

Looking for more options? Kalamazoo, Michigan has 5 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric HospitalPsychiatric 3.51 miles away1312 Oakland Dr Kalamazoo Michigan 49008Government - State(269) 337-3309
  • Bronson Methodist HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.98 miles away601 John Street Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Voluntary non-profit - Private(269) 341-6000
  • Ascension Borgess HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.48 miles away1521 Gull Road Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 226-7000
  • Bronson Lakeview HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.38 miles away408 Hazen Street Paw Paw Michigan 49079Voluntary non-profit - Private(269) 657-1400
  • Allegan General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.63 miles away555 Linn Street Allegan Michigan 49010Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 686-4101

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Oshtemo2.32 miles away6739 Seeco Dr Kalamazoo Michigan 49009CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 375-5815
  • Davita - Kalamazoo Central3.9 miles away535 S Burdick St Ste 110 Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Dialysis Stations: 10 (269) 343-0251
  • Fmc - Kalamazoo3.91 miles away521 E Michigan Ave Kalamazoo Michigan 49007CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 384-6180
  • Fmc - Kalamazoo Pd Unit3.91 miles away527 E Michigan Ave Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Dialysis Stations: 2 (269) 384-6191
  • Fmc - Gull Road5.93 miles away5010 Gull Rd Suite 6 Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Dialysis Stations: 12 (269) 382-3012
  • Fmc - Kalamazoo East7.04 miles away2901 E Kilgore Rd Kalamazoo Michigan 49001CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (269) 345-1660
  • Fms Kalamazoo, LLC12.59 miles away12180 N Us Highway 131 Schoolcraft Michigan 49087Dialysis Stations: 4 (269) 679-3588
  • Fmc - Allegan18.08 miles away730 Airway Dr Allegan Michigan 49010Dialysis Stations: 12 (269) 673-1700