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Kalkaska Memorial Health Center

Nursing Home
Assisted Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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419 S Coral St,
Kalkaska MI 49646

(231) 258-7500

71.63% estimated occupancy ¹

Kalkaska Memorial Health Center is the only option we identified in Kalkaska, Michigan. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top ten percent of all facilities in the United States. In addition, this is a hospital-based facility, which may add peace of mind for prospective residents with medical conditions frequently requiring hospitalization. Headlining this facility's remarkable profile is its nursing score, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Other
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Lymphedema Care
Aquatic Therapy

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Nurse Quality

On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Nursing grades are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 0.4 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Contributing to its high-end profile, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to avoid negative health outcomes for the elderly population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

The third category we looked at was short-term care. Adding to its dominant resume, this facility also performed well in that category. In fact, we gave it a of A in that category. Short-term care ratings are important for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Another impressive feature for this nursing home is its inspection score. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-, wrapping up its straight A performance. Inspection grades are based on several data points located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Kalkaska Memorial Health Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 3.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 1.74% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients which had falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 3.51% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 15.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 10.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percent of long-term stay patients which are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 0.72% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 98.73% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 14.6% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 12.3% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 12.3% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 9.2% of Patients

This is a measure of 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 gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, 76.7% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

Kalkaska Memorial Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away419 S Coral Kalkaska Michigan 49646Government - Hospital District or Authority(231) 258-7500