Christian Park Health Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Christian Park Health Care Center's website

2415 5th Ave South,
Escanaba MI 49829

(906) 786-6907

74.24% estimated occupancy ¹

Christian Park Health Care Center is located in Escanaba, Michigan. Our scoring scheme was not favorable to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall score of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Escanaba. The city has just two other nursing homes. 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 facility's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.

Quick Details

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
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Incredibly, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for its short-term care score, which is not too bad of a score. Short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The last measure we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 6.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

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Nurse Quality

Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This particular place offered just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This statistic is quite a bit below the national average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these metrics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

The last area we scored is long-term care. We gave it an F in this area, which is a very poor score. For patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 96.734695 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Christian Park Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often caused by poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 3.44% of Patients

This is the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 91.43% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 12.1% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 17.7% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that maintained mobility. Some experts would argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 10.81 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Christian Park Health Care Center, 77.3% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.