Great Lakes Rehab Center
4180 Tittabawassee Road, Saginaw MI 48604 · (989) 793-3471 · 83.09% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Great Lakes Rehab Center is a facility located in Saginaw, Michigan, which has a population of 135,669 people. Featuring an overall rating of C, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. This grade is not too far off the city grade for Saginaw, which is a B-. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 55 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home one of our better scores in the area of short-term care, where it earned an impressive grade of A. This is notably better than the nursing home's overall score, which was certainly not elite. Short-term care grades are generally used to measure a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 67.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility's inspection grade exceeded its overall score as well. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. Nursing scores are mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is an impressive figure. Finally, we also baked a few quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This place fared poorly in two of the areas we considered, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These metrics are often good indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's worst category is long-term care, which is the final area we scored. It received a lowly F for this category. Despite a few solid grades in other areas, this score is nevertheless of a concern so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. 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 provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is better than most nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.96 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Great Lakes Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better