Chalet of Niles is one of just three available facilities located in Niles, Michigan. Featuring an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. Unfortunately, the city grade for Niles isn't too much better. Nevertheless, you still ought to be able to do better We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Chalet of Niles
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Chalet of Niles has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Although this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform as badly in the area of nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category. Our nursing grade looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
We were also surprised to find that this nursing home earned a decent short-term care grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that area. In forming our short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. It provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this nursing home only earned a grade of D for its long-term care rating, which is not a very good score. Facilities that don't fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 91.41104 percent of its patients. This is a bit less than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. You should pay special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection score. We suggest you pay close attention to the level of severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed a category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by the government inspectors had the potential to pose actual harm to residents. We are also concerned by the fact that this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chalet of Niles Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chalet of Niles, 8.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chalet of Niles, 2.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chalet of Niles, 2.23% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chalet of Niles, 13.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chalet of Niles, 19.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chalet of Niles, 3.38% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chalet of Niles, 91.02% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chalet of Niles, 12.09% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chalet of Niles, 13.78% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Chalet of Niles, 1.65 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chalet of Niles, 13.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.86 miles away5215 Holy Cross Pkwy Mishawaka Indiana 46545Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 335-5000
- Memorial Hospital of South BendAcute Care Hospitals 9.39 miles away615 N Michigan St South Bend Indiana 46601Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 647-1000
- Ascension Borgess Lee HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.34 miles away420 W High St Dowagiac Michigan 49047Voluntary non-profit - Church(269) 782-8681
- Elkhart General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.48 miles away600 E Blvd Elkhart Indiana 46514Government - Local(574) 294-2621
Nearby Dialysis
- Liberty Dialysis at Lakeland - Niles3.01 miles away8 Longmeadow Village Dr Niles Michigan 49120CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 684-0116
- Davita - Dialysis South Bend West7.82 miles away5660 Nimtz Pkwy South Bend Indiana 46628Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 234-8870
- Fmc - Nephrology - Blackthorn7.92 miles away6201 Nimtz Parkway South Bend Indiana 46628CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (574) 246-7000
- Fmc - Nephrology - Mishawaka9.19 miles away710 Park Place Mishawaka Indiana 46545CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (574) 273-6776
- Fmc - Nephrology - Home9.64 miles away250 E. Day Road, Suite 300 Mishawaka Indiana 46545Dialysis Stations: 2 (574) 273-6777
- Fmc - South Bend Dialysis10.39 miles away320 South Street South Bend Indiana 46601Dialysis Stations: 17 (574) 246-0752
- Davita - Irish Dialysis12.03 miles away4350 South Ironwood Dr South Bend Indiana 46614Dialysis Stations: 20 (574) 299-4529
- Davita - Elkhart15.9 miles away1401 N Michigan St Elkhart Indiana 46514Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 262-5295