Samaritas Senior Living Saginaw
3161 Davenport, Saginaw MI 48602 · (989) 799-1902 · 70% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Samaritas Senior Living Saginaw is in Saginaw, Michigan. The city has 135,669 people. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel overall grade based on the data we looked at. If you are not happy with this facility's subpar overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are seven other nursing homes in Saginaw. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 92 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. Our nursing category analyzes several subcategories, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This place provides 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is better than average. In calculating our nursing scores, we add more weight to hours performed by more highly trained nurses such as registered nurses. Finally, our nursing grade also includes some relevant quality-based measures. While this nursing home excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in some of the subcategories that related to quality. This nursing home's nursing score was hurt by its subpar performance in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers. We found that 14.4 percent of this facility's patients experienced pressure ulcers. Since some pressure ulcers could be avoided with good nursing protocols, we reduce a facility's nursing score when we see this kind of prevalence of pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also didn't perform terribly in the category of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B- in that area, which wound up being another one of its more respectable grades. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place was above average in this area with 53.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's third best score was long-term care. However, with a grade of D in this area, it still performed somewhat badly. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. This facility's vaccination records were not as strong as its nursing hours data. It administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 81.005585 percent of its residents. We'd like to see some improvement in this area in the future. Finally, we were stunned by the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place fared very poorly with 3.61 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, this figure is more than twice the national average.
Facility Inspections
In our last category of inspections, this nursing home received an F in this area. Since this data is collected by government inspectors, we heavily weight negative feedback in this category. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection grade. We recommend you pay close attention to the level of severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed multiple deficiencies in categories G through L, which are among the more severe deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by CMS had potential to create actual harm to patients. We are also concerned by the fact that this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Samaritas Senior Living Saginaw Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who had UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures 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 metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better