Medilodge of Lansing

Medilodge of Lansing is an average-sized facility in Lansing, Michigan. With an overall rating of A-, this is undoubtedly a very strong nursing home. We really can not say enough good things about this place. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile was its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next section

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of short-term care. In our short-term care grade, we try to forge a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This nursing home provided more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country with 60.8 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A+. Our nursing grade analyzes a handful of datapoints, however, the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provides an incredible 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Very few nursing homes provide this quantity of nursing care to their patients. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With under five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place the state in this category. This is often a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and a protocol of turning residents at least once a day.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

The next category we scored proved to be this facility's poorest category. However, even in its weakest link we still gave it an acceptable grade of C for our long-term care category. Long-term care scores are critical for residents requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to considering the very respectable level of care provided by nurses and other staff at this facility, we also were happy with the nursing home's vaccination record. For example, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99 percent of its residents, which is above average. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.52 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.