Golden Leaves Living Center is a small government-owned facility in Newberry, Michigan. This nursing home is a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. You could definitely do much worse than this facility. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Golden Leaves Living Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
- Audiology
- Blood Administration
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Radiation Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in nursing, where it received an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Michigan in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning patients more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this area. Our short-term care grade is typically used to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a middle of the road score in the area of long-term care, with a grade of B-. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.145294 percent of its residents. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
In the last area we looked at, we found that this facility earned a solid government inspection report this year as well. It earned a decent grade in inspections with a B-. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Leaves Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who experienced a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 3.44% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 91.43% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Golden Leaves Living Center, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Helen Newberry Joy HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away502 W Harrie St Newberry Michigan 49868Government - Local(906) 293-9200