Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge is a large non-profit facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This nursing home turns out to be a respectable facility, with an overall grade of C. Based on our ratings, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 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
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This facility earned a short-term care grade which is better than its overall grade. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. This helped its overall profile quite a bit. Our short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
Building on this facility's list of strengths, it also earned an excellent nursing grade. We gave them an impressive grade of B- in this category. The nursing grade weighs several subcategories, but the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared with most other nursing homes. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its patients.
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Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is long-term care. We gave it a C in that category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. With our long-term care rating, we focus more on the sheer volume of care provided by a nursing home, as well as a series of qualitative data points. One of the data points we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 89.52381 percent of its patients. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 8.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which are suffering from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 2.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 2.23% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents who had a UTI. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 13.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 19.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 3.38% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 91.02% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 12.09% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 13.78% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 1.65 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 13.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Samaritas Senior Living Grand Rapids Lodge, 77.57% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Scores for Grand Rapids, MI
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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