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Medilodge of Gtc

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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2950 Lafranier Rd,
Traverse City MI 49686

(231) 947-0506

67.12% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Medilodge of Gtc has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Medilodge of Gtc is a large facility located in Traverse City, Michigan. We awarded this facility an overall grade of D. A score in this range typically indicates some concerning datapoints. Keep in mind that Traverse City received a city grade of B, so should look at some other options in the city as well. 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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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Oncology Care

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Facility Inspections

While this nursing home's overall score is not a highlight, it actually received a slightly more favorable grade in the area of inspections. We awarded it a B- for that area, which is not bad. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.

Nurse Quality

We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Nursing ratings are largely tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a somewhat concerning figure as it is well below the national average. Lastly, nursing grades also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home's next best category is its short-term care grade, where it received a grade of B-. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The last metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we graded was long-term care. This nursing home received a B- for the category. Long-term care scores are based on the nursing home's amount of nursing care. This means a broad range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 74.1573 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is quite a bit lower than the national average. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Medilodge of Gtc Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Medilodge of Gtc, 14.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Medilodge of Gtc, 1.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had falls which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Medilodge of Gtc, 0.79% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Medilodge of Gtc, 14.04% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Medilodge of Gtc, 25.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Medilodge of Gtc, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Medilodge of Gtc, 81.08% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Medilodge of Gtc, 6.41% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Medilodge of Gtc, 13.58% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Medilodge of Gtc, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Medilodge of Gtc, 13.58% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Medilodge of Gtc, 4.18% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Medilodge of Gtc, 87.1% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation services.