Medilodge of Campus Area
2815 Northwind Dr, East Lansing MI 48823 · (517) 332-0817 · 67.34% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Medilodge of Campus Area is in East Lansing, Michigan. This city has a population of 63,898 people. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel overall rating based on the data we assessed. Unfortunately, the city grade for East Lansing isn't too much better. Nevertheless, you still ought to be able to find a better option We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 113 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Although we graded this facility extremely poorly overall, it received a somewhat respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a B- in that area. In determining our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Incredibly, we gave this nursing home a B- for our short-term care grade, which isn't too bad of a score. In computing these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. It performed respectably with 45.8 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't perform poorly in the area of long-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B- in that category, which turned out to be another one of its better scores. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's assistance with daily living instead of the highly skilled nursing or medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 91.51292 percent of its patients. This is a bit below what we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Unfortunately, this nursing home's hospitalization rate was also below average. We found that this facility had 2.38 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the medical complexity of residents
Facility Inspections
Turning the last category of inspections, this ended up being this nursing home's weakest link. Inspection ratings are based on a nursing home's recent government inspection reports. We gave this facility a D in this category, which is not a very good grade. One of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We recommend you scrutinize the level of severity of the deficiencies. This particular nursing home had 6 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Medilodge of Campus Area Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often the result 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 have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who were given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better