Dj Jacobetti Home for Veterans

Dj Jacobetti Home for Veterans is an average-sized government-owned nursing home in Marquette, Michigan. With an overall rating of B-, this looks like a middle of the pack facility. Based on our analysis, this nursing home has some redeeming qualities. We were also pleased to find that this facility received consistently decent grades in all of the other areas we looked at. Additional information about these categories is available below.

We want to point out that this facility received favorable marks in our short-term care category this year. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a B+. This proved to be the facility's best grade and helped its profile quite a bit. Our short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Another one of this nursing home's higher category scores came in the category of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 97.57786 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a deadly ailment for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. This place was also able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially better hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.

This nursing home also received favorable government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. This grade is also better than the facility's overall score. Our inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Turning to our final category, this facility received a decent nursing grade of B-. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses spent with residents, in determining our score in this category. This nursing home provided just 0 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is far below average. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in some quality-focused statistics. We especially look at the percent of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are indicators of the quality of nursing care, since superior care tends to reduce these issues.