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Medilodge of Ludington

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Medilodge of Ludington's website

1000 E Tinkham Ave,
Ludington MI 49431

(231) 845-6291

67.41% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in Ludington, Michigan, Medilodge of Ludington is one of just a couple facilities there. It looks like this is a good nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a respectable rating. You could certainly do much worse than this place. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our major areas 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 Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Hemodialysis
Peritoneal Dialysis
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Oncology Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Short-term Care Quality

On top of earning a strong overall score, this facility also earned an elite short-term care grade. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of A. In our short-term care category, we seek to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A-. In computing a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses are with patients as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Facility Inspections

Adding to its strong resume, this facility earned a grade of B for its inspections rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Long-term Care Quality

Our last area is long-term care, where we gave this nursing home a grade of C in that area. In forming our long-term care grades, we quantify the facility's personal care services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.04878 percent of its patients, which is more than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations 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 Ludington Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Medilodge of Ludington, 6.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Medilodge of Ludington, 6.34% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Medilodge of Ludington, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic can be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Medilodge of Ludington, 7.37% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Medilodge of Ludington, 14.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Medilodge of Ludington, 14.97% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Medilodge of Ludington, 87.36% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Medilodge of Ludington, 8.19% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Medilodge of Ludington, 16.93% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

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

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Medilodge of Ludington, 16.93% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.