Majestic Care of Battle Creek

While this facility's overall score was rock bottom, it actually didn't perform as badly in nursing. We gave it a B- for that area. In determining our nursing ratings, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place.

Incredibly, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for its short-term care grade, which really isn't too bad of a score. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.

Sadly, this facility received an F for its long-term care grade. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 98.15951 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Turning the last category of inspections, this facility had an abysmal showing. Sadly, it received an F in our inspection category. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We suggest you scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home was hit with one category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by inspectors had the potential to cause actual harm to residents. Another red flag is that CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.