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Burcham Hills Retirement Center

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  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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2700 Burcham Drive,
East Lansing MI 48823

(517) 351-8377

69.17% estimated occupancy 1

Burcham Hills Retirement Center is located in East Lansing, Michigan. The city has a total of 63,898 people. With an B+ overall grade, we rated this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. You can definitely do much worse than this facility. We were also pleased to find that this facility did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Lymphedema Care

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a quality facility overall, this facility excelled in our short-term care category, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing ratings are largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home was given its third most favorable category grade in the category of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a B- in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable score. Our long-term care scores are more critical for residents in need of more conventional assistance associated with activities of daily living. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.6 percent of its residents. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

Finally, we also awarded this nursing home a B- for our inspections rating. This facility didn't have any major weak links. We would argue that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Burcham Hills Retirement Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 8.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 2.93% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic measures the percent of long-term care residents which had falls leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 2.23% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 13.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for treating a variety of conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 19.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percent of long-term care residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 3.38% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who are showing signs of depression. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 91.02% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 12.09% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 13.78% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 1.65 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 13.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 11.28 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Burcham Hills Retirement Center, 77.57% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Edward W Sparrow HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.37 miles away1215 E Michigan Avenue Lansing Michigan 48912Voluntary non-profit - Other(517) 364-1000
  • Mclaren Greater LansingAcute Care Hospitals 5.93 miles away401 W Greenlawn Ave Lansing Michigan 48910Voluntary non-profit - Private(517) 975-6000
  • Sparrow Clinton HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.32 miles away805 S Oakland Saint Johns Michigan 48879Proprietary(989) 224-6881

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Lansing Home Hhd/Pd2.05 miles away4530 S Hagadorn Rd Ste B East Lansing Michigan 48823Dialysis Stations: 6 (517) 333-8450
  • Davita - Spartan Dialysis2.05 miles away4530 S Hagadorn Rd Ste A East Lansing Michigan 48823Dialysis Stations: 12 (517) 333-8414
  • Fresenius Medical Care - Lansing West2.89 miles away916 Mall Dr E Ste 100 Lansing Michigan 48917CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (517) 322-0894
  • Fmc - East Lansing2.99 miles away2601 Coolidge Rd Ste A East Lansing Michigan 48823CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (517) 333-9400
  • Fmc - Lansing5.07 miles away3960 Patient Care Dr Ste 112 Lansing Michigan 48911CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (517) 393-0352
  • Lansing Dialysis of Fmc6.08 miles away2710 S Washington Ave Suite 100 Lansing Michigan 48910CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (517) 272-1380
  • Fmc - St Johns17.7 miles away975 E Townsend Rd Saint Johns Michigan 48879Dialysis Stations: 13 (989) 224-2662

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=235236