Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.

Medilodge of Cheboygan

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

See Rating Overview

Medilodge of Cheboygan's website

824 S Huron PO Box 408,
Cheboygan MI 49721

(231) 627-4347

72.58% estimated occupancy ¹

Medilodge of Cheboygan is a senior living facility located in Cheboygan, Michigan, which has 14,436 people. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade of this caliber requires strong marks in most areas. Based on our analysis, you can do much worse than this facility. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the next section

Get pricing and details on Cheboygan senior living options.

Get Pricing

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Individual
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Peritoneal Dialysis
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pain Management
Oncology Care

Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)

Less:

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

Short-term Care Quality

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ short-term care grade. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing scores are mostly based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Does this page answer your questions about Medilodge of Cheboygan?

Facility Inspections

Adding another impressive category grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Turning to the final category, we awarded this nursing home a D in long-term care. This is the nursing home's least impressive category grade. However, we would not over-emphasize a single weak category. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 97.34042 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Medilodge of Cheboygan Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 7.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 3.19% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a fall resulting in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 0.56% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percent of long-term residents who had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 4.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 19.75% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 0.57% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression. High rates of depression may imply worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 95.02% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 5.63% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 12.13% of Residents

This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Medilodge of Cheboygan, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.