Medilodge of Capital Area
2100 E Provincial House Dr, Lansing MI 48910 · (517) 272-4029 · 73.91% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Medilodge of Capital Area is an average-sized nursing home located in Lansing, Michigan. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road score. At the end of the day, this facility should be a solid choice for quite a few people. The best part of this place's profile was its stellar nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Our nursing score weighs many subcategories, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Approximately a quarter of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these figures beat out the national average. Lastly, we also factored some quality-based metrics into our nursing scores. This facility was relatively weak in several of the statistics we assess, with below average figures for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the category of short-term care, we gave this facility a grade of A in that category. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in this area with 56.8 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's next highest category was long-term care. However, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed somewhat badly. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 93.49113 percent of its patients, which is a few points lower than we anticipated. We were also disappointed with the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.95 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is nearly twice the national average.
Facility Inspections
The last category we assessed is inspections. This facility did not receive favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it an F in this category. This ended up pulling down this facility's overall grade significantly. For facilities with poor inspection grades, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This particular nursing home had one category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies found by CMS had the potential to cause actual harm to residents. Finally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed large government fines of more than $100,000. This typically signifies that a nursing home's bad performance spanned more than one year.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Medilodge of Capital Area Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients who sustained 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 often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of 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 patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better