Huron Co Med Care Facility is one of just a few available nursing homes located in Bad Axe, Michigan. This proved to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. You can certainly do much worse than this place. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card was its nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph
Huron Co Med Care Facility
- 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 Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to earning a strong overall score, this nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing grade is mostly associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an B+. Few nursing homes performed as well in this category. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility's third best area was its long-term care score, where it was awarded a grade of B-. Long-term care scores are based on a facility's amount of care. This means a broad scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinates 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed is short-term care. We gave this facility a B- in this area. Our short-term care ratings are important for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Huron Co Med Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 3.44% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 91.43% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 10.81 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Huron Co Med Care Facility, 77.3% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mclaren Thumb RegionAcute Care Hospitals 0.08 miles away1100 South Van Dyke Road Bad Axe Michigan 48413Voluntary non-profit - Private(989) 269-9521
- Scheurer HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 12.45 miles away170 N Caseville Rd Pigeon Michigan 48755Voluntary non-profit - Other(989) 453-3223
- Hills & Dales General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.64 miles away4675 Hill Street Cass City Michigan 48726Voluntary non-profit - Private(989) 872-2121
- Harbor Beach Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.05 miles away210 S First St Harbor Beach Michigan 48441Voluntary non-profit - Private(989) 479-3201
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Bad Axe Dialysis2.01 miles away897 N Van Dyke Rd Bad Axe Michigan 48413Dialysis Stations: 13 (989) 269-7657