Scheurer Hospital Ltcu
170 N Caseville Rd, Pigeon MI 48755 · (989) 453-3223 · 96.84% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Scheurer Hospital Ltcu is the only option we identified in Pigeon, Michigan. This is an A+ rated facility. Being awarded an A+ in our grading scheme requires top-notch performance across the board. In addition, this is a hospital-based nursing home, which may add peace of mind for prospective residents with medical conditions frequently requiring hospitalization. This nursing home also received phenomenal scores in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 19 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Nursing ratings are tied to nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.8 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Out of this total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any nursing home in the country when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We view these metrics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received an A+ for its long-term care grade. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to providing elite levels of nursing care, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.630135 percent of its patients. This figure is also far better than the average nursing home. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
Continuing with its first-class performance, this facility also earned an A+ inspection score. This is based on its recent government inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. It does not look like we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last area, we awarded this facility an A+ for our short-term care score. This wrapped up a very favorable profile. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Scheurer Hospital Ltcu Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents which suffered a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents which are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better