Ihm Senior Living Community
610 West Elm Avenue, Monroe MI 48162 · (734) 241-3660 · 87.58% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Ihm Senior Living Community is a small non-profit nursing home located in Monroe, Michigan. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is a very strong grade. This nursing home turned out to be one of the better facilities in Monroe, which has a decent selection of nursing homes. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile was its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 58 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility excelled in our nursing score. We awarded them an A+ in this category. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in determining our rating in this area. With 5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the overwhelming majority of facilities. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any facility the nation in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as reliable measures of the caliber of nursing care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
To complement its dominant achievements in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for our short-term care rating. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 57.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an A. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 4 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 next category we scored was long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a better than average long-term care grade this year, with a C. Even though this was not nearly as elite as a few of its other category grades, this is nevertheless a respectable rating for that category. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's assistance with daily living instead of the highly skilled nursing and healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. One of the factors we considered on top of this facility's very solid nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.35898 percent of its patients. This is a great way to avoid negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.63 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ihm Senior Living Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents who sustained falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better