Medilodge of Ludington

Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn

Historical Rating

1000 E Tinkham Ave,
Ludington MI 49431

66.98% estimated occupancy ¹

Medilodge of Ludington is an average-sized nursing home located in Ludington, Michigan. This nursing home is a respectable facility, with an overall grade of B-. You can certainly do worse than this facility. The best part of this facility's profile is is its short-term care rating. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
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Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility really excelled in the area of short-term care, with an A in this area. Our short-term care scores are likely more critical for folks needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered substantially more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who returned to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed most facilities in the nation with 55.5 percent of its patients returning home.

Nurse Quality

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing care, with an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our nursing grade weighs quite a few components, however, the paramount consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we found at any facility. In addition to providing impressive levels of care, this nursing home also performed well in many of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls which lead to serious injury, this nursing home outpaced the national average.

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Facility Inspections

Next we looked at this nursing home's inspection rating This score is based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is a middle of the pack grade in this category. We believe that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. This facility had 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were in category J, K or L. This tells you that inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to put resident safety or health in imminent harm or jeopardy. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Long-term Care Quality

The next category we graded is long-term care, which is this facility's weakest area. Sadly, it received an F for this category, which is certainly concerning. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Based on its grade in this category, we were surprised to find that this facility had favorable subcategory scores in both nursing hours and its vaccination records. Indeed, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.52381 percent of its residents. This figure is actually better than the majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Medilodge of Ludington Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Medilodge of Ludington, 8.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Medilodge of Ludington, 2.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a fall leading to serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Medilodge of Ludington, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Medilodge of Ludington, 13.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used to treat several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Medilodge of Ludington, 18.58% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Medilodge of Ludington, 3.45% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Medilodge of Ludington, 91.71% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Medilodge of Ludington, 12.37% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Medilodge of Ludington, 19.59% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Medilodge of Ludington, 1.35 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Medilodge of Ludington, 19.59 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Medilodge of Ludington, 10.82 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Medilodge of Ludington, 76.52% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.