Bay Shores Senior Care and Rehab Center
3254 E Midland Rd, Bay City MI 48706 · (989) 686-3770 · 82.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Bay City, Michigan, Bay Shores Senior Care and Rehab Center is one of four available facilities in the city. This facility was given an A- overall, which is one of our higher ratings. Indeed, this proved to be better than most of the facilities in Bay City, which has a strong selection of nursing homes. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category ratings. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 126 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A. Our short-term care grades are probably most critical for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in Michigan in this metric with 62.8 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Our nursing rating is largely based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provides an incredible 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Very few nursing homes provide this quantity of nursing care to their patients. Out of this total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing high levels of nursing care, this place was also above average in several of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. It earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A-. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was long-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our higher grades in this area, with a B. While this wasn't as favorable as several of this facility's other scores, it is still a fine score. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered on top of this facility's above average nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 98.96907 percent of its patients. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Although it had 2.39 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was close to the middle of the pack due to it having some more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bay Shores Senior Care and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which have experienced UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents which were given antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility. Many would argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better