Chelsea Retirement Community is a senior living facility in Chelsea, Michigan, which has 12,552 people. With an A- overall grade, we rated this nursing home in the top quarter of all facilities in the nation. Based on the data we reviewed, you can't go wrong with this nursing home. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section
Chelsea Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ short-term care grade. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is generally a meaningful assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing grade analyzes many subcategories, however, the main consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place 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 Michigan in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a resident more often.
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Facility Inspections
Tallying yet another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed was this nursing home's poorest category. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still awarded it a decent grade of C in our long-term care category. In the area of long-term care, we focus on the amount of care provided by a facility, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chelsea Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 3.44% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 91.43% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 10.81 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Chelsea Retirement Community, 77.3% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Joseph Mercy ChelseaAcute Care Hospitals 0.92 miles away775 S Main St Chelsea Michigan 48118Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 475-3911
- University of Michigan Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 15.63 miles away1500 E Medical Center Drive, Spc 5474 Ann Arbor Michigan 48109Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 764-1505
- Henry Ford Allegiance HealthAcute Care Hospitals 18.87 miles away205 N East Ave Jackson Michigan 49201Voluntary non-profit - Other(517) 788-4800
- St Joseph Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.36 miles away5301 E Huron River Dr Ann Arbor Michigan 48106Voluntary non-profit - Church(734) 712-3456
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Chelsea1.14 miles away1620 Commerce Park Dr Suite 200 Chelsea Michigan 48118Dialysis Stations: 8 (734) 475-9710
- Fmc Dialysis - West Ann Arbor13.19 miles away2355 W Stadium Blvd Ann Arbor Michigan 48103Dialysis Stations: 10 (734) 623-2259
- Ann Arbor Dialysis of Davita14.66 miles away3147 Oak Valley Dr Ann Arbor Michigan 48108Dialysis Stations: 16 (734) 213-5269
- Michigan Dialysis Services of Ann Arbor16.11 miles away2850 S Industrial Hwy Ste 100 Ann Arbor Michigan 48104Dialysis Stations: 17 (734) 677-1490
- Fresenius Medical Care - Jackson Oaks18.41 miles away128 N Elm Ave Jackson Michigan 49202CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (517) 787-1893
- Univ of Mi Dialysis - Pediatric18.55 miles away1540 E Hospital Dr Rm 10-712 Mott Hospital Ann Arbor Michigan 48109Dialysis Stations: 10 (734) 232-5461
- Washtenaw Regional Dialysis Ctr19.39 miles away5205 Mcauley Dr Ypsilanti Michigan 48197CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (734) 434-9511
- Jackson Dialysis of Davita19.75 miles away234 W Louis Glick Hwy Ste 200 Jackson Michigan 49201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (517) 841-1712