Hamilton Nursing Home is a small nursing home located in Detroit, Michigan. This facility appears to be among the higher-graded nursing homes we assessed. A score in this range requires very strong scores across the board. This is the number one rated nursing home in the city. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive long-term care rating, which we will address in the next section.
Hamilton Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 96.56652 percent of its patients, which is more than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspections. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was hit with 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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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. The nursing rating consists of quite a few datapoints, most of which are associated with nursing hours. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at is short-term care. In this category, we awarded this nursing home an acceptable grade of B-. This actually is this facility's weakest area. Short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. We were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hamilton Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 8.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 2.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients which experienced falls resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 2.23% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 13.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 19.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 3.38% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 91.02% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 12.09% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 13.78% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who retained mobility levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 1.65 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hamilton Nursing Home, 13.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you 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 homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Detroit, MI
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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