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Life Care Center of Plainwell

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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320 Brigham St,
Plainwell MI 49080

(269) 685-9805

74.2% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of Plainwell is one of a mere two nursing homes located in Plainwell, Michigan. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack rating. As far as we can see, this place is a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this place's profile was is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home received an elite short-term care score. In fact, we gave this nursing home an A- in this category, which really helped its overall grade. In our short-term care category, we try to create a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an B. Our nursing grade analyzes a handful of datapoints, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Sadly, this nursing home's third highest score was long-term care. However, with a D in this category, it still performed relatively poorly. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.555954 percent of its residents, which is more than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

The last category we assessed was inspections. This nursing home did not receive favorable government inspections in recent years. We gave it an F in this category. This dragged down this facility's overall grade quite a bit. When a place has this poor of an inspection rating, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This particular facility had 5 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed large government fines in recent years totaling more than $100,000. This usually suggests that a bad performance spanned more than one year.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Life Care Center of Plainwell Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 9.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 3.25% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay patients which had falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 0.76% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percent of long-term patients that experienced UTI's. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 20.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 15.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 0.39% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 97.87% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 15.93% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 15.52% of Residents

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

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 15.52% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 8.42% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Plainwell, 88.91% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Ascension Borgess HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.4 miles away1521 Gull Road Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 226-7000
  • Bronson Methodist HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.24 miles away601 John Street Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Voluntary non-profit - Private(269) 341-6000
  • Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric HospitalPsychiatric 11.49 miles away1312 Oakland Dr Kalamazoo Michigan 49008Government - State(269) 337-3309
  • Allegan General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 11.89 miles away555 Linn Street Allegan Michigan 49010Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 686-4101
  • Bronson Lakeview HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.87 miles away408 Hazen Street Paw Paw Michigan 49079Voluntary non-profit - Private(269) 657-1400

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Gull Road10.32 miles away5010 Gull Rd Suite 6 Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Dialysis Stations: 12 (269) 382-3012
  • Fmc - Oshtemo10.37 miles away6739 Seeco Dr Kalamazoo Michigan 49009CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 375-5815
  • Fmc - Kalamazoo10.8 miles away521 E Michigan Ave Kalamazoo Michigan 49007CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 384-6180
  • Fmc - Kalamazoo Pd Unit10.8 miles away527 E Michigan Ave Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Dialysis Stations: 2 (269) 384-6191
  • Davita - Kalamazoo Central11.16 miles away535 S Burdick St Ste 110 Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Dialysis Stations: 10 (269) 343-0251
  • Fmc - Allegan11.53 miles away730 Airway Dr Allegan Michigan 49010Dialysis Stations: 12 (269) 673-1700
  • Fmc - Kalamazoo East14.46 miles away2901 E Kilgore Rd Kalamazoo Michigan 49001CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (269) 345-1660

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=235471