The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility is a nursing home located in Frankfort, Michigan, a city with a population of 3,350 people. This is a well below average nursing home, with an overall grade of D. In our view, we'd struggle to recommend this facility. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next section.
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The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: D
See Rating Overview Note: The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Facility Inspections
Grade: B-minus
While this nursing home's overall grade is not a highlight, it received a slightly more favorable grade in the category of inspections. We awarded it a B- for this area, which is a decent score. Our inspection ratings are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through 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 was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
Grade: B-minus
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Nursing grades are mostly associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-minus
This facilities third most favorable area is short-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a slightly below average grade in this category. With our short-term care category, we attempt to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its level of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: D
The next area we rated was long-term care, turned out to be this nursing home's least impressive category. We gave this nursing home a D in this category. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 94.0239 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
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The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B-plus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 6.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 3.19% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay residents who had a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B-plus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 0.86% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-minus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 16.46% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-minus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 14.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-minus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 4.49% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression could imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-minus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 96.21% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-plus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 12.96% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some experts believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-plus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 19.07% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts would argue that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 0.92 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 19.07% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-minus
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 14.37% 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 patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B
In The Maples, Benzie County Medical Care Facility, 77.51% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Paul Oliver Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.13 miles away224 Park Avenue Frankfort Michigan 49635Government - Local(231) 352-2200
Nearby Dialysis
- Elizabeth C Hosick Dialysis Ctr0.13 miles away225 Park Ave Frankfort Michigan 49635Dialysis Stations: 6 (231) 352-2922
