Hazel Findlay is a large non-profit nursing home located in Saint Johns, Michigan. After receiving an A overall grade, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 100 best facilities in Michigan. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of high-end facilities. At the end of the day, this nursing home should be a great choice for just about anybody. Headlining this place's stellar profile is its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Hazel Findlay
- 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
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with a strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an A+ for our inspection category. Inspection ratings are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Nursing scores are primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received a very impressive short-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be this nursing home's third strongest category score. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A. In computing these short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we scored is long-term care. In this area, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of B-. This actually was this facility's least impressive category. Our long-term care ratings are more important for patients requiring more traditional assistance related to personal care. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 99.27007 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hazel Findlay Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hazel Findlay, 2.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hazel Findlay, 2.19% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered a fall which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hazel Findlay, 1.15% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hazel Findlay, 14.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hazel Findlay, 17.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hazel Findlay, 1.51% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hazel Findlay, 99.64% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hazel Findlay, 13.45% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hazel Findlay, 10.37% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Hazel Findlay, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hazel Findlay, 10.37% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hazel Findlay, 8.98% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hazel Findlay, 80.38% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sparrow Clinton HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.67 miles away805 S Oakland Saint Johns Michigan 48879Proprietary(989) 224-6881
- Edward W Sparrow HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.88 miles away1215 E Michigan Avenue Lansing Michigan 48912Voluntary non-profit - Other(517) 364-1000
- Sparrow Carson HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.78 miles away406 East Elm St Carson City Michigan 48811Voluntary non-profit - Other(989) 584-3131
- Mclaren Greater LansingAcute Care Hospitals 19.89 miles away401 W Greenlawn Ave Lansing Michigan 48910Voluntary non-profit - Private(517) 975-6000
Nearby Dialysis
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- Lansing Dialysis of Fmc19.91 miles away2710 S Washington Ave Suite 100 Lansing Michigan 48910CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (517) 272-1380