Care and Rehabilitation Center at Glacier Hills
1200 Earhart Rd, Ann Arbor MI 48105 · (734) 769-0177 · 93.9% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Care and Rehabilitation Center at Glacier Hills is one of a mere three nursing homes in this area. This nursing home turns out to be a middle of the road facility, with an overall grade of B-. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Ann Arbor. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable short-term care grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 105 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We gave this facility an A+ for our short-term care rating. This score is far more impressive than the nursing home's overall grade. In determining 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 scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. This nursing home provided more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Michigan in this area with 74.5 percent of its patients returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ in that area. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This was one of the better figures we found. In addition, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. On top of providing high levels of care, this place also excelled in several of the quality measures we assessed. With under 5 percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is usually an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be prevented by providing better nursing care and a system of moving residents at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's third most favorable category was its long-term care grade, where it was given a B-. In our long-term care assessment, we focus on the sheer volume of care provided by a nursing home, as well as a handful of qualitative datapoints. In addition to patient-friendly nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination record is favorable also. In fact, it vaccinated 96.521736 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This combination proved to be effective as this facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
Turning the final category of inspections, this ended up being this nursing home's worst grade. Inspection scores are based on a facility's recent government inspections. We gave this facility a D in this category, which is not good. Since this data is collected by independent inspectors, we typically take it seriously. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. Generally, you should be especially cautious when considering a nursing home that has severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This facility was hit with several category G through L deficiencies, which rank among the more serious deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by the government inspectors had potential to cause actual harm to residents. Finally, we also want to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed large government fines of more than $50,000. This often signifies that CMS inspectors grew tired after several years of failed government inspections.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Care and Rehabilitation Center at Glacier Hills 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