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Golden Leaves Living Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Golden Leaves Living Center's website

502 W Harrie St,
Newberry MI 49868

(906) 293-9262

51.79% estimated occupancy ¹

Golden Leaves Living Center is a small hospital-based facility located in Newberry, Michigan. This turns out to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. You could certainly do much worse than this nursing home. This facility is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
No Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
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

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Nurse Quality

On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A. There are a host of criteria included in this grade. Many of these subcategories reflect staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this category. In forming these short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

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Facility Inspections

Adding to its strong resume, this facility earned a grade of B for its inspections rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. 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.

Long-term Care Quality

The last area we graded is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this category. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. Once we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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, 4.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Golden Leaves Living Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who sustained a fall resulting in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Golden Leaves Living Center, 4.3% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Golden Leaves Living Center, 29.21% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Golden Leaves Living Center, 29.03% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Golden Leaves Living Center, 1.12% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Golden Leaves Living Center, 99.07% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Golden Leaves Living Center, 21.98% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Golden Leaves Living Center, 25.46% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Golden Leaves Living Center, 25.46% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.