Countryview Care Center-Macomb

Although we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it received a decent short-term care rating this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we can find for this nursing home. Our short-term care ratings are critical for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

This nursing home excelled in our nursing category, where it earned a grade of C. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is significantly below average. Lastly, nursing grades also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Unfortunately, this nursing home received a lowly F for its inspection score. This is a particularly important category. Scores in this range often mean we found some red flags on the facility's government inspections. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection rating. We recommend you pay close attention to the level of severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

The final category we scored is long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a poor grade in this area also. It received a lowly F in this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 83.870964 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.