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Covenant Living of the Great Lakes

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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2520 Lake Michigan Drive Nw,
Grand Rapids MI 49504

80.81% estimated occupancy 1

Covenant Living of the Great Lakes is a small non-profit nursing home located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade of this caliber requires solid scores in most areas. We were pleased to learn that this matched the average grade of facilities in Grand Rapids, which is one of the better cities in Michigan to find a nursing home. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care score, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Audiology

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Michigan badge

Top Nursing Home in Michigan Awards 2019

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A for short-term care. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility really 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 based on a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

We also wanted to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final area we scored is long-term care, which turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. Unfortunately, we gave it an F for this area, which is certainly a bit concerning. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 98.68421 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Covenant Living of the Great Lakes Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 28.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 1.32% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often the result of poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 1.37% of Patients had UTIs

This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 26.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 23.61% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 98.06% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 25.93% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 22.14% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 22.14% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 18% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Covenant Living of the Great Lakes, 81.64% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

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

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