Cass County Medical Care Facil is in Cassopolis, Michigan. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is one of our best ratings. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the United States. If you scroll down, you can see this place's category ratings, which are also strong.
Cass County Medical Care Facil
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. Nursing scores are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving patients more frequently.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that area with a score of A-. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a high-end short-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be this facility's third most impressive category score. In that area, this facility received a grade of A-. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we rated was long-term care. We awarded this nursing home one of our better scores in this category, with a B. Even though this is not as strong as many of this nursing home's other scores, it is still a positive score. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we assessed the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia tragically can be a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cass County Medical Care Facil Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents that experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 3.44% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 91.43% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Some would argue that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 10.81 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cass County Medical Care Facil, 77.3% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Ascension Borgess Lee HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 8.26 miles away420 W High St Dowagiac Michigan 49047Voluntary non-profit - Church(269) 782-8681
- Elkhart General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.28 miles away600 E Blvd Elkhart Indiana 46514Government - Local(574) 294-2621
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.61 miles away5215 Holy Cross Pkwy Mishawaka Indiana 46545Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 335-5000
- Memorial Hospital of South BendAcute Care Hospitals 18.09 miles away615 N Michigan St South Bend Indiana 46601Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 647-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Elkhart12.8 miles away1401 N Michigan St Elkhart Indiana 46514Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 262-5295
- Fmc - Nephrology - Home14.5 miles away250 E. Day Road, Suite 300 Mishawaka Indiana 46545Dialysis Stations: 2 (574) 273-6777
- Fmc - Nephrology - Mishawaka15.13 miles away710 Park Place Mishawaka Indiana 46545CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (574) 273-6776
- Liberty Dialysis at Lakeland - Niles15.17 miles away8 Longmeadow Village Dr Niles Michigan 49120CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 684-0116
- Fmc - Nephrology - Elkhart16.41 miles away700 Waterbury Park Drive Elkhart Indiana 46517CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (574) 294-4444
- Fmc - South Bend Dialysis18.72 miles away320 South Street South Bend Indiana 46601Dialysis Stations: 17 (574) 246-0752
- Davita - Irish Dialysis19.1 miles away4350 South Ironwood Dr South Bend Indiana 46614Dialysis Stations: 20 (574) 299-4529
- Davita - Dialysis South Bend West19.28 miles away5660 Nimtz Pkwy South Bend Indiana 46628Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 234-8870