Plainwell Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Communi
3260 East B Ave, Plainwell MI 49080 · (269) 349-6649 · 82.56% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Located in Plainwell, Michigan, Plainwell Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Communi is one of only two available nursing homes in the area. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a decent rating. Based on our ratings, this nursing home has some redeeming qualities. One of the highlights of this facility's profile is its strong nursing rating, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 39 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We awarded this nursing home one of our better scores in nursing, with an A-. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. In determining our nursing grades, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning patients more often.
Facility Inspections
Inspections is another area where this facility excelled. We awarded this nursing home an A- for our inspections category. This is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's better category grades came in the category of short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a B. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility provided more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than a typical facility. This is definitely a very favorable sign. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 32.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the next category, we awarded this facility a D for our long-term care category. This was the nursing home's weakest category score. Naturally, this category hurt the facility's overall grade a bit. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the nursing home is not as well-staffed. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility administered the vaccine to only 81.13208 percent of its patients. Unfortunately, its hospitalization rate was also a cause for concern. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.74 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an alarming rate.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Plainwell Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Communi Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better