Rivergate Health Care Center is a very-large facility in Riverview, Michigan. This is not a bad nursing home with a C overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Riverview. You can definitely do worse than this place. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Rivergate Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received an inspection grade which is stronger than its overall rating. Inspection scores are associated with the facility's recent health inspections. We awarded this nursing home a very solid grade of B in this area. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. Nursing grades are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a decent grade of C. Short-term care grades are generally employed to judge a facility's rehabilitation services In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at is long-term care. It received a lowly F for this area, which is an abysmal score. This is certainly a major disappointment. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the facility is not as well-staffed. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this facility gave the vaccine to only 81.076065 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Rivergate Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 3.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 91.43% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Rivergate Health Care Center, 10.81 Percentage 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 Rivergate Health Care Center, 77.3% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Henry Ford Wyandotte HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.93 miles away2333 Biddle Ave Wyandotte Michigan 48192Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 246-6000
- Beaumont Hospital - TrentonAcute Care Hospitals 4.87 miles away5450 Fort Street Trenton Michigan 48183Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 671-3800
- Beaumont Hospital - TaylorAcute Care Hospitals 5.07 miles away10000 Telegraph Road Taylor Michigan 48180Voluntary non-profit - Private(313) 295-5253
- Beaumont Hospital - DearbornAcute Care Hospitals 7.48 miles away18101 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn Michigan 48124Voluntary non-profit - Private(313) 593-7125
- Beaumont Hospital - WayneAcute Care Hospitals 10.65 miles away33155 Annapolis Ave Wayne Michigan 48184Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 467-4175
- Garden City HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.81 miles away6245 Inkster Rd Garden City Michigan 48135Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 421-3300
- Harper University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.55 miles away3990 John R Street Detroit Michigan 48201Proprietary(313) 745-6211
- Children's Hospital of MichiganChildrens 13.68 miles away3901 Beaubien Street Detroit Michigan 48201Proprietary(313) 745-5437
Nearby Dialysis
- Riverview Dialysis of Davita0.71 miles away18236 Fort St Riverview Michigan 48193CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (734) 283-4513
- Davita - Southgate2.17 miles away14752 Northline Rd Southgate Michigan 48195CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (734) 284-0005
- Fresenius Medical Care - Taylor3.79 miles away22970 Northline Rd Ste 100 Taylor Michigan 48180Dialysis Stations: 12 (734) 287-6585
- Lincoln Park Kidney Center LLC4.66 miles away1491 Southfield Rd Lincoln Park Michigan 48146Dialysis Stations: 20 (313) 928-4560
- Greenfield Hs - Taylor5.27 miles away24565 Haig Road Taylor Michigan 48180CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (313) 291-7800
- Davita - Downriver Kidney Ctr5.39 miles away5600 Allen Rd Allen Park Michigan 48101CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (313) 382-5933
- Davita - Oakwood Renal Services7.48 miles away18100 Oakwood Blvd Ste 206 Dearborn Michigan 48124Dialysis Stations: 18 (313) 438-7959
- Davita - Dearborn at Home8.64 miles away22030 Park St Dearborn Michigan 48124Dialysis Stations: 2 (313) 792-7343