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's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- 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
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place is a quality facility is that it received an impressive inspection score. Inspections turned out to be its best category. In that category, we awarded it an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. 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.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded an impressive short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better scores in that category with a score of B+. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is considered to be a reliable assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. We were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing grade is primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 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 facility 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive area is long-term care, which is the last category we looked at. It received a lowly F in this category. Despite a few impressive scores in other categories, this grade is nevertheless a bit of a concern so we wanted to make sure you are aware. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to just 84.30493 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
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, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 3.44% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 91.43% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 10.81 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center, 77.3% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
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
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- 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
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- Davita - Redford5.29 miles away22711 Grand River Ave Detroit Michigan 48219CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (313) 255-0171