Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township is a large government-owned nursing home located in New Baltimore, Michigan. Sporting an overall rating of D, this is a lower end facility. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in New Baltimore. The city has just one other nursing home. The only positive thing we can say about this facility is that it did not receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Note: Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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Facility Inspections
Although we did not have many favorable things to say about this nursing home's overall grade, it did receive a somewhat respectable inspection report this year. It received a decent score in that area with a B-. We would argue that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. Unfortunately, it does not look like we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing rating includes several components, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared with most other nursing homes. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third most favorable category we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. Our short-term care scores are presumably more critical for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we graded is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in this category. Long-term care grades are based on a nursing home's amount of care. This includes a broad scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is more than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 3.44% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents showing symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 91.43% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Michigan Veterans Home of Chesterfield Township, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.