Christian Care Nursing Center
2053 S Sheridan Drive, Muskegon MI 49442 · (231) 722-7165 · 94.28% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Christian Care Nursing Center is located in Muskegon, Michigan. The city has 128,715 people. With an overall score of A+, this facility is one of the most impressive nursing homes we assessed. Indeed, we were so impressed with this facility that we rated it as the top nursing home in Muskegon. Headlining this nursing home's stellar profile is its inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 49 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Other
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. It doesn't look like we were able to find information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing scores are mostly tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.5 hours per resident each day. This is more nursing care than nearly any other nursing home offers. Finally, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it fared as well as any nursing home Michigan in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as good measures of the quality of nursing care offered.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our next category, this high end facility also performed remarkably in the area of long-term care. In this category, it received a A+. Only a small group of facilities performed better in this area. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the datapoints we considered on top of this nursing home's quality nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.82353 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for seniors. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.84 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we graded, this facility was awarded an impressive grade grade of A in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility rounded out a straight A profile. Our short-term care grades are probably more important for folks requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This facility was satisfactory in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered a reasonable level of care from both physical therapists and registered nurses. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes with 53.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Christian Care Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better