Clark Retirement Community
1551 Franklin Street, Se, Grand Rapids MI 49506 · (616) 452-1568 · 89.23% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Clark Retirement Community is one of 19 options in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is a good nursing home with a B overall. This was right in line with the city grade in Grand Rapids. Based on our assessment, this place has quite a bit going for it. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card is its nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 39 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility also received an elite nursing rating. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an A+. The nursing grade consists of a handful of components, but the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provided 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which was among the higher figures we found. Lastly, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is often an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by providing better nursing care and a policy of turning residents more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed better than most facilities in this area. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home, which as an area this facility performed much more favorably. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country in this area with 56.7 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Facility Inspections
Furthermore, this nursing home also received impressive government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in that area, with a B. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we scored was long-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's least impressive area. We gave this nursing home a D in this area. Naturally, this score pulled down the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. Facilities that don't fare well in long-term care typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. This nursing home's vaccination records were not as favorable as its nursing hours. It gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 75.2 percent of its residents. We'd love to see some improvement in this area next year. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.13 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Clark Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized 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 thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better