Four Seasons Nursing Center of Westland
8365 Newburgh Rd, Westland MI 48185 · (734) 416-2000 · 88.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Four Seasons Nursing Center of Westland is a large nursing home located in Westland, Michigan. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. This nursing home turned out to be one of the better nursing homes in Westland, which boasts a solid selection of facilities. This facility also received phenomenal grades in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 180 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we look at the amount of time nurses are caring for patients as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as good indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive profile, this nursing home also performed at a high level in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our higher grades in our long-term care category as well, with a B. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 61.669506 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is slightly below what we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 2.15 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is short-term care, where we gave it a strong grade of B. This nursing home really does not have any weak links. Short-term care grades are typically employed to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of residents who returned home from the facility. We found that 40.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home rather than remaining at the nursing home permanently.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Four Seasons Nursing Center of Westland Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents who developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better