With an address in Pigeon, Michigan, Scheurer Hospital Ltcu is the sole option we found there. This turns out to be an A+ facility, which is the most impressive rating that we offer. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top five percent of all nursing homes in the United States. This also proved to be a very consistent nursing home with consistent ratings in all of our categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
Scheurer Hospital Ltcu
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- No Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Our nursing score focuses on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
An additional reason we assessed this facility so favorably is that it was awarded an A+ long-term care grade. This is just about as dominant as it gets in this category. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 91.803276 percent of its residents. This is a bit less than we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Facility Inspections
This facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Our inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. We weren't able to track down deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final category, this facility also was awarded an excellent short-term care score, with an A-. This rounded out a rare straight A report card. With our short-term care grade, we endeavor to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Scheurer Hospital Ltcu Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay patients which have sustained a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 3.44% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 91.43% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Scheurer Hospital Ltcu, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Scheurer HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away170 N Caseville Rd Pigeon Michigan 48755Voluntary non-profit - Other(989) 453-3223
- Mclaren Thumb RegionAcute Care Hospitals 12.53 miles away1100 South Van Dyke Road Bad Axe Michigan 48413Voluntary non-profit - Private(989) 269-9521
- Hills & Dales General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.68 miles away4675 Hill Street Cass City Michigan 48726Voluntary non-profit - Private(989) 872-2121
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Bad Axe Dialysis13.84 miles away897 N Van Dyke Rd Bad Axe Michigan 48413Dialysis Stations: 13 (989) 269-7657