Lenawee Medical Care Facility

Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Lenawee Medical Care Facility's website

200 Sand Creek Hwy,
Adrian MI 49221

(517) 263-6794

74.23% estimated occupancy ¹

Lenawee Medical Care Facility is a large government-owned facility located in Adrian, Michigan. This is an A rated facility. This facility received one of the highest scores we offer. A score in this range requires first-rate marks across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the United States. This nursing home also received impressive scores in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Government - County
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Adrian, Michigan Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. We analyzed the licensure of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in determining our score in this area. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures 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 the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a resident more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home also fared very well in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Only a select group of nursing homes received a better grade in this category. Our short-term care scores are vital for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

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Facility Inspections

This facility has had near flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 3 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

Switching gears to our last category, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ in that category. This rounded out a very strong report card. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Lenawee Medical Care Facility Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 8.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that suffered from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 2.93% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 2.23% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents which had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic could be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 13.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 19.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term stay residents that were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 3.38% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 91.02% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 12.09% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 13.78% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that mobility is critical to patients health.

Hospitalizations

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 1.65 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 13.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 11.28 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Lenawee Medical Care Facility, 77.57% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

Promedica Bixby HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.65 miles away818 Riverside Avenue Adrian Michigan 49221Voluntary non-profit - Private(517) 265-0900
Promedica Herrick HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 10.04 miles away500 E Pottawatamie Street Tecumseh Michigan 49286Government - Federal(517) 424-3000