Beacon Hill at Eastgate is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is one of the largest cities in the country. We awarded this facility an overall rating of A which is a phenomenal overall score. This is among the better nursing homes in Grand Rapids, which offers plenty of very solid nursing homes. Grand Rapids has a host of other nursing homes, however, we doubt you will need to visit too many others. This one looks like a very fine option. We also gave this facility strong scores in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Beacon Hill at Eastgate
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this facility an elite grade of A+ for its short-term care score. Our short-term care ratings are important for patients in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home has earned near flawless health inspections recently. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was elite in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes fared better in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the next area, this nursing home was given an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in that area, rounding out a straight A profile. Our nursing grade consists of a handful of factors, however, the paramount consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving a patient more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Beacon Hill at Eastgate Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 8.85% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 2.88% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 13.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 18.73% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 3.47% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 91.4% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 12.4% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 19.67% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who retained mobility levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 19.67 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 10.71 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Beacon Hill at Eastgate, 76.5% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation.
Scores for Grand Rapids, MI
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Saint Mary's Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 2.64 miles away200 Jefferson Avenue Se Grand Rapids Michigan 49503Voluntary non-profit - Church(616) 685-5000
- Spectrum Health - Butterworth CampusAcute Care Hospitals 3.28 miles away100 Michigan St Ne Grand Rapids Michigan 49503Voluntary non-profit - Private(616) 391-1774
- Metro Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.32 miles away5900 Byron Center Avenue, Sw Wyoming Michigan 49519Voluntary non-profit - Private(616) 252-7200
Nearby Dialysis
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