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Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian

  • Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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540 Sunnyside Dr,
Flushing MI 48433

(810) 659-5695

71.85% estimated occupancy 1

Please note our records indicate that Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Note: Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian is a large nursing home located in Flushing, Michigan. Featuring an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a lower end facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Flushing. Finally, this facility had an ownership change in the last year, so hopefully its performance improves in the coming year.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Although we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it received a decent short-term care score this year. We gave it a C in that area, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we found for this facility. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. The facility supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 5.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating and that actually turned out to be its second highest score. Our nursing grade is largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This place provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is well below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This facility fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next category we looked at is long-term care. This facility's was given an unfortunate long-term care grade where it received a lowly F. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 88.888885 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best feature in this category.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

The last category we looked at was inspections. This facility did not receive positive government inspection reports in recent years. As a result, we gave it an F here. For nursing homes with poor inspection ratings, you should really scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they posed a threat to resident safety or health. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 3.44% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 91.43% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 12.1% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 17.7% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 10.81 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 77.3% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mclaren FlintAcute Care Hospitals 6.1 miles away401 S Ballenger Highway Flint Michigan 48532Voluntary non-profit - Private(810) 342-2000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Flushing Dialysis of Davita2.26 miles away3469 Pierson Place, Ste A Flushing Michigan 48433CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (810) 733-5004
  • Hallwood Dialysis of Davita4.72 miles away4929 Clio Road Ste B Flint Michigan 48504Dialysis Stations: 16 (810) 787-4496
  • Park Plaza Dialysis of Davita5.8 miles awayG-1075 N Ballenger Hwy Flint Michigan 48504CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (810) 235-8468
  • Fmc Dialysis - Flint5.89 miles away2222 S Linden Rd Ste S Flint Michigan 48532Dialysis Stations: 19 (810) 733-2283
  • Rrc - West Flint6.31 miles awayg4007 Corunna Rd Flint Michigan 48532CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (810) 877-6582
  • Davita - Mt Morris6.73 miles away6141 N Saginaw Rd Mount Morris Michigan 48458Dialysis Stations: 13 (810) 787-8134
  • Flint Dialysis of Davita6.96 miles away2 Hurley Plaza, Suite 115 Flint Michigan 48503CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (810) 239-9920
  • Davita - Ballenger Pointe7.07 miles away2262 S Ballenger Hwy Flint Michigan 48503Dialysis Stations: 20 (810) 232-9004

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=235132