Valley View Care Center is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The city provides many options. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some decent scores. The facilities in Grand Rapids received a city grade of B+ so this is not the only good option in the city. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its nursing grade. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
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Valley View Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Nurse Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it earned a very favorable nursing rating. Its nursing rating ended up being its best category. In this category, we gave this facility a B+. Our nursing rating analyzes a handful of components, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility 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 often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
This facility's second best category grade came in the area of government inspections. In that category, we gave this facility a B. It actually outperformed most facilities in this category. Inspection ratings are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A few minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's third most favorable area is its short-term care grade, where it was awarded a grade of B-. Our short-term care scores are presumably most critical for folks in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our next area, this facility was given a respectable long-term care grade of B-. In the category of long-term care, we analyze the quantity of services offered by a nursing home, rather than more medically-intensive services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 92.533936 percent of its residents. This is a few points lower than we expected but still a respectable percentage. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Valley View Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Valley View Care Center, 7.42% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Valley View Care Center, 4.52% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Valley View Care Center, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Valley View Care Center, 20.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Valley View Care Center, 17.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Valley View Care Center, 3.25% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Valley View Care Center, 91.76% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Valley View Care Center, 6.32% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Valley View Care Center, 7.77% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Valley View Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Valley View Care Center, 7.77% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Valley View Care Center, 10.77% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Valley View Care Center, 92.13% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Grand Rapids, MI
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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