Medilodge of Sterling Heights
14151 E 15 Mile Rd, Sterling Heights MI 48312 · (586) 939-0200 · 83.28% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Medilodge of Sterling Heights is located in Sterling Heights, Michigan. This city has a total of 129,683 people. This nursing home was given an overall rating of F. Sterling Heights received a city grade of C, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 283 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we gave this facility a very poor overall grade, we awarded it a B in nursing. Nursing scores are mostly associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as reliable indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
We were also stunned to find that this facility earned a decent short-term care rating this year. We awarded it a grade of C in that category. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 40.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's next best category was long-term care. However, with a D in this category, it still fared relatively poorly. Facilities that do not score well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated a relatively low 75.16704 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 2.69 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is also alarming.
Facility Inspections
Turning our last category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. When a nursing home has this bad of an inspection grade, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This facility was assessed a category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by inspectors had potential to create actual harm to residents. Lastly, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place received significant government fines of more than $100,000. This generally suggests that a nursing home's bad track record has been an issue for several years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Medilodge of Sterling Heights Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better