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Clark Retirement Community

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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1551 Franklin Street, Se,
Grand Rapids MI 49506

(616) 278-6520

84.87% estimated occupancy 1

Clark Retirement Community is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation. We gave this facility a very respectable overall grade of A. Indeed, we ranked it as the ninth best nursing home in Grand Rapids according to our rankings. Grand Rapids offers many other nursing homes, but it is doubtful you will need to look at too many others. This one is a high quality option. As you will find below, this facility also performed well in our category grades. It would be hard to poke holes in this place's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Our nursing score consists of quite a few factors, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving residents even once per day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its first-rate resume, this nursing home also was awarded a superb long-term care grade, with a grade of A. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 83.45864 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we anticipated. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Tallying another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few facilities performed better in this category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Turning to the final area, this facility received an excellent short-term care rating. Even though this is not quite as strong as a few of its other category grades, this is still one of the more impressive grades we offer. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more critical for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Clark Retirement Community Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Clark Retirement Community, 1.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of long-term patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Clark Retirement Community, 0.75% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often the result of poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Clark Retirement Community, 4.58% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Clark Retirement Community, 20.8% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents which are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Clark Retirement Community, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Clark Retirement Community, 2.36% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Clark Retirement Community, 86.1% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Clark Retirement Community, 7.77% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Clark Retirement Community, 16.25% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Clark Retirement Community, 16.25% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Scores for Grand Rapids, MI

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? Grand Rapids, Michigan has 19 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Saint Mary's Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 1.84 miles away200 Jefferson Avenue Se Grand Rapids Michigan 49503Voluntary non-profit - Church(616) 685-5000
  • Spectrum Health - Butterworth CampusAcute Care Hospitals 2.34 miles away100 Michigan St Ne Grand Rapids Michigan 49503Voluntary non-profit - Private(616) 391-1774
  • Metro Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.83 miles away5900 Byron Center Avenue, Sw Wyoming Michigan 49519Voluntary non-profit - Private(616) 252-7200

Nearby Dialysis

  • Devos Childrens Hosp - Dialysis Unit2.05 miles away35 Michigan St Ne, Mc 83 Suite 3121 Grand Rapids Michigan 49503Dialysis Stations: 4 (616) 267-2305
  • Davita - Grand Rapids2.23 miles away801 Cherry St Se Grand Rapids Michigan 49506CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (616) 458-5100
  • Davita - Grand Rapids East2.46 miles away1230 Ekhart St Ne Grand Rapids Michigan 49503CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (616) 742-8930
  • Davita - Beltline Home Training2.48 miles away330 E Beltline Ave Ne Ste 2047 Grand Rapids Michigan 49506Dialysis Stations: 1 (616) 285-7081
  • Fmc - Kentwood4.48 miles away4300 Callander Dr Se Grand Rapids Michigan 49508Dialysis Stations: 16 (616) 454-1051
  • Fmc Clyde Park - Wyoming5.72 miles away4893 Clyde Park Ave Sw Wyoming Michigan 49509CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (616) 531-5353
  • Fms Clyde Park South, LLC6.23 miles away5311 Clyde Park Avenue Sw Wyoming Michigan 49509Dialysis Stations: 16 (616) 534-7179
  • Total Renal Care, Inc.6.88 miles away705 28th St Se Grand Rapids Michigan 49548Dialysis Stations: 20 (616) 475-0553