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Borgess Gardens

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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3057 Gull Road,
Kalamazoo MI 49048

(269) 215-1650

76.83% estimated occupancy 1

Borgess Gardens is an average-sized non-profit facility located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. We gave this nursing home a B- overall, which is a decent grade. This is comparable with the city grade in Kalamazoo, which is a B. You could certainly do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this facility's report card was is its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless government inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, it also received a very strong short-term care score. In fact, we awarded this nursing home a score of A-. Our short-term care scores are crucial for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. The nursing rating is based on several factors, but the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This place averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is a very low figure. Finally, our nursing scores also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This facility's weakest category is long-term care, which is the last area we looked at. It received a lowly F for this area. In spite of several decent grades in other areas, this grade is still of a concern so we would like to to make sure you are aware. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.958336 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few 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

Borgess Gardens Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Borgess Gardens, 11.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Borgess Gardens, 3.12% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care patients that suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Borgess Gardens, 6.35% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Borgess Gardens, 7.69% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Borgess Gardens, 12.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Borgess Gardens, 0.59% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Some experts argue this is a measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Borgess Gardens, 99.48% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Borgess Gardens, 9.7% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Borgess Gardens, 20.73% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Borgess Gardens, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Borgess Gardens, 20.73% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Borgess Gardens, 11.64% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Borgess Gardens, 70.8% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation services.

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

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