Medilodge of East Lansing
1843 N Hagadorn Rd, East Lansing MI 48823 · (517) 332-5061 · 76.73% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Medilodge of East Lansing is an average-sized nursing home in East Lansing, Michigan. This facility was given an extremely poor overall score based on the data we assessed. Unfortunately, the city grade for East Lansing is not too much better. Nevertheless, you still should be able to find a better option We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 95 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Even though we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we gave it a B- for our nursing category. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides an impressive 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, this facility was relatively weak in some of the major areas we look at, with subpar scores for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also didn't fare poorly in the area of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a grade of C in that category, which happens to be among its better scores. In calculating these short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 41 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this facility is below average.
Facility Inspections
This place received a lowly F for its inspection grade. This is an important category. Grades in this range generally point to some red flags on the nursing home's inspections. We would advise paying close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection score. We recommend you scrutinize the level of severity of the deficiencies. Tragically, this place was assessed a category L deficiency. This type of deficiency indicates widespread threats to resident health or safety. A deficiency in this category is very damaging to a nursing home's inspection grade. We are also concerned by the fact that 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.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was long-term care. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this area. For residents seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.9011 percent of its patients, which is better than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility also wasn't as bad as we expected at keeping its patients out of the hospital. While it had 2.56 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric wasn't bad due to it having some more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Medilodge of East Lansing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better