Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Westland, Michigan. It looks like this is a good facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a very solid score. This actually proved to be the number one rated nursing home in the city. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving a patient more frequently.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our better grades in our short-term care category as well, with a B+. Short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, this nursing home was awarded a grade of C in long-term care, which is a decent rating. Long-term care grades are vital for residents needing personal care. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 95.37815 percent of its residents, which is better than most nursing homes. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 4.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 2.94% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which have experienced a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 1.72% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 11.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 15.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients which are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 0.48% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 96.11% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 10.05% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 14.02% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 14.02% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 8.97% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 76.8% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Garden City HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.64 miles away6245 Inkster Rd Garden City Michigan 48135Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 421-3300
- St Mary Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.11 miles away36475 Five Mile Road Livonia Michigan 48154Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 655-4800
- Beaumont Hospital - WayneAcute Care Hospitals 6.06 miles away33155 Annapolis Ave Wayne Michigan 48184Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 467-4175
- Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsAcute Care Hospitals 6.15 miles away28050 Grand River Avenue Farmington Michigan 48336Voluntary non-profit - Private(248) 471-8000
- Beaumont Hospital - DearbornAcute Care Hospitals 7.05 miles away18101 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn Michigan 48124Voluntary non-profit - Private(313) 593-7125
- Sinai-Grace HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.44 miles away6071 W Outer Drive Detroit Michigan 48235Proprietary(313) 966-3300
- Beaumont Hospital - TaylorAcute Care Hospitals 8.82 miles away10000 Telegraph Road Taylor Michigan 48180Voluntary non-profit - Private(313) 295-5253
- Ascension Providence HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.36 miles away16001 W Nine Mile Rd Southfield Michigan 48075Voluntary non-profit - Church(248) 849-3011
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Garden City1.16 miles away27201 W Warren St Dearborn Heights Michigan 48127Dialysis Stations: 16 (313) 274-5568
- Fmc Dialysis - Livonia2.83 miles away32423 Schoolcraft Livonia Michigan 48150Dialysis Stations: 20 (734) 525-0780
- Davita - Garden West3.02 miles away5715 N Venoy Rd Westland Michigan 48185CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (734) 261-9418
- Westland Dialysis of Davita4.56 miles away36588 Ford Rd Westland Michigan 48185CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (734) 721-1030
- Greenfield Hs - Livonia4.97 miles away14555 Levan Rd Livonia Michigan 48154CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (734) 591-6409
- Davita - Dearborn at Home5.27 miles away22030 Park St Dearborn Michigan 48124Dialysis Stations: 2 (313) 792-7343
- Davita - Dearborn5.28 miles away1185 Monroe St Dearborn Michigan 48124CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (313) 274-8100
- Davita - Redford5.29 miles away22711 Grand River Ave Detroit Michigan 48219CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (313) 255-0171