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Medilodge of Leelanau

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Medilodge of Leelanau's website

124 W 4th Street,
Suttons Bay MI 49682

(231) 271-1200

86.66% estimated occupancy ¹

Medilodge of Leelanau is the sole option we found in Suttons Bay, Michigan. This nursing home received an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average grade. You could definitely do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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

Specialized Services

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

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Short-term Care Quality

In addition to being a quality facility overall, this facility excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This area is generally a fair assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

In addition, this facility also received top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with an A-. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

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Nurse Quality

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. In calculating our nursing grades, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

The final category we assessed was long-term care. We gave this facility a solid grade in this category, with a C. Although this was not as high as some of this facility's other scores, it is still not the end of the world. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Medilodge of Leelanau Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 11.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 4.52% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who experienced falls resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 1.42% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 13.21% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 15.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 1.4% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 99.59% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 8% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 8.18% of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

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

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 8.18% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 19.83% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Medilodge of Leelanau, 82.71% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with better rehabilitation services.