Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu is a small hospital-based facility in Frankfort, Michigan. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility. It was given one of the best ratings we offer. A grade in this range requires excellent marks across the board. Based on our assessment, you can not go wrong with this nursing home. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also quite good. It's hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
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Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home received an A+ in our short-term care rating. In calculating these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its top-shelf assessment, this facility also was given a strong long-term care grade, with a score of A-. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 92.207794 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Facility Inspections
Tallying another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received an A-. Few facilities fared better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't 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.
Nurse Quality
In our last category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing grade. This rounded out an elite report card. The nursing rating includes a handful of data points, however, the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 8.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 2.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term patients who had falls which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 2.23% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 13.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 19.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 3.38% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 91.02% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 12.09% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 13.78% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 13.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 11.28 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Ltcu, 77.57% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Paul Oliver Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away224 Park Avenue Frankfort Michigan 49635Government - Local(231) 352-2200
Nearby Dialysis
- Elizabeth C Hosick Dialysis Ctr0.01 miles away225 Park Ave Frankfort Michigan 49635Dialysis Stations: 6 (231) 352-2922