Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu is a senior living facility located in Gaylord, Michigan, a city with a population of 19,515 people. After receiving an A overall grade, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 100 best facilities in Michigan. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of elite facilities. In addition, this is a hospital-based nursing home, which is a positive for prospective patients with significant health conditions. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's stellar profile is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next section.
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Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned a very strong nursing grade. Nursing turned out to be its best category. In this category, we awarded this facility an A. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we assess the number of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Building on its first-rate resume, this facility also was given a dominant long-term care score, with a grade of A-. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.809525 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of A-. This rounded out a very impressive report card. Very few nursing homes received an A- or higher in in each area we assessed. Short-term care grades are often employed to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 5.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 9.52% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who had a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 15.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 14.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 98.24% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 21.62% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 22.77% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 0.54 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 22.77% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 12.95% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 71.89% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.
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