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Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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

63.07% estimated occupancy 1

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. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Phone Placement:
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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual
  • 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

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with patients, in determining our rating in this category. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received an F for its short-term care grade. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients that returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.7 percent of its patients returning home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

We wanted to point out that this facility received an F for its inspection rating. An F in this category is very concerning because it generally points to red flags on the nursing home's government inspections. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection rating. We suggest you scrutinize the severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home had 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we also need to point out that this facility was assessed large government fines recently totaling more than $100,000. This often means that a bad performance spanned several years.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next category we rated is long-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this area, which is a very poor score. Nursing homes that don't fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home gave the vaccine to a relatively low 89.508194 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 6.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 2.62% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who had falls leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 0.34% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 11.76% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 14.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 2.56% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents showing symptoms of depression. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 84.93% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 20.69% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 16.51% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 16.51% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 17.07% of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, 60.35% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

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