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 respectable scores in most areas. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Grand Rapids. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Valley View Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 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 - Limited Liability company
- 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
In addition to performing well in its overall score, this nursing home received even higher grades in nursing. In fact, we gave it one of our best scores in that category with an A-. The nursing score assesses a handful of components, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of B. It outperformed most facilities in this area. In our short-term care category, we try to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
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Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility received a very good government inspection report this year as well. It received one of our higher scores in that area with a B. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor dings aren't something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home received a grade of C in the category. Our long-term care grade focuses on a nursing home's assistance with daily living rather than the skilled therapy and medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. Unfortunately, this facility vaccinated just 85.416664 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations 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.
Valley View Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Valley View Care Center, 8.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Valley View Care Center, 2.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care. More supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Valley View Care Center, 2.23% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of long-term patients who sustained UTI's. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Valley View Care Center, 13.4% 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, 19.66% 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, 3.38% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Valley View Care Center, 91.02% 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, 12.09% Percentage 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, 13.78% Percentage 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, 1.65 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, 13.78 Percentage 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, 11.28 Percentage 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, 77.57% Percentage 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
- 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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