Shiawassee County Med Care Fac
275 Caledonia Drive, Owosso MI 48867 · (989) 743-3491 · 95.44% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Shiawassee County Med Care Fac is one of just a few facilities located in Owosso, Michigan. Featuring an overall grade of A, this facility is one of the best nursing homes we assessed. We couldn't find many negative things to say about this place. Its ratings are impeccable. Headlining this nursing home's stellar report card is its nursing score, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 136 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly skilled levels of nurses. This is among the higher totals of nursing hours we found. In addition to providing high levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any nursing home in the country in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as good measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its strong profile, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent short-term care grade, with a grade of A. With our short-term care rating, we seek to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses than a typical nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. It performed better than most facilities in this area with 52.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a fine long-term care grade. In fact, this ended up being this nursing home's third best category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the statistics we considered in addition to this facility's above average nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.346405 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for seniors. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.07 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
Building on its impressive profile, this facility also performed well in the area of inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of B+. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Shiawassee County Med Care Fac Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better