With an address in Battle Creek, Michigan, Calhoun County Medical Care Facility is one of six nursing homes in this city. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our more impressive scores. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the nation. The best part of this facility's impressive profile was its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph
Calhoun County Medical Care Facility
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility excelled in our nursing category. We awarded them an A+ in this area. Our nursing rating is based on several factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. 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 frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to note the fact that this facility received a first-rate score of A in our short-term care area. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
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Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of C. Although this ended up being its lowest category rating, this is still not the end of the world. In the area of long-term care, we focus on the quantity of care offered by a facility, rather than more sophisticated services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.67638 percent of its residents, which is a very solid datapoint. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Calhoun County Medical Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 3.44% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 91.43% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 10.81 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Calhoun County Medical Care Facility, 77.3% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Battle Creek, MI
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of C
Looking for more options? Battle Creek, Michigan has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Bronson Battle Creek HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.08 miles away300 North Avenue Battle Creek Michigan 49017Proprietary(269) 966-8000
- Oaklawn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.95 miles away200 N Madison Marshall Michigan 49068Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 781-4271
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Battle Creek Dialysis3.47 miles away220 Goodale Ave E Ste B Battle Creek Michigan 49037Dialysis Stations: 20 (269) 968-8401
- Fmc - Battle Creek North3.5 miles away233 Roosevelt Ave E Battle Creek Michigan 49037CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (269) 968-8860
- Fmc - Battle Creek South5.08 miles away2845 Capital Ave Sw Ste 104 Battle Creek Michigan 49015Dialysis Stations: 17 (269) 979-8865
- Oaklawn Dialysis Center9.06 miles away310 E Michigan Ave Marshall Michigan 49068Dialysis Stations: 8 (269) 789-7023
- Oaklawn Dialysis Center of Albion, LLC19.24 miles away350 B Dr N Albion Michigan 49224Dialysis Stations: 16 (517) 654-1010