The Laurels of Galesburg
1080 N 35th Street, Galesburg MI 49053 · (269) 665-7043 · 73.87% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
The Laurels of Galesburg is located in Galesburg, Michigan. This city has 7,028 people. This facility received an overall grade of F. This facility does not seem to have much going for it. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 93 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we graded this nursing home very poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a C in this area. We looked at the skill-level of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses spent with residents, in computing our rating in this category. This particular nursing home provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing rating also includes applicable quality-based measures. While this facility excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it lagged a bit in some of the statistics that focused on quality. This facility's nursing score was pulled down by poor performance in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers. We found that 12.8 percent of this nursing home's patients sustained pressure ulcers. Since many pressure ulcers could be avoided with good nursing protocols, we reduce a nursing home's nursing grade when we find this kind of frequency of pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
We were also pleasantly surprised to find that this nursing home received a solid short-term care rating in our assessment. We awarded it a grade of C in that category. In computing these short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical facility. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. It performed respectably in this area with 46.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Another issue was the F this nursing home received in the area of long-term care. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 93.28622 percent of its residents. This is a few points below what we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. Unfortunately, its hospitalization rate was also a cause for concern. We found that this facility had 2.26 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an alarming rate.
Facility Inspections
Moving on the last category of inspections, this facility had an abysmal showing. Sadly, it received an F in our inspection rating. With places that received this bad of an inspection score, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a risk to patient health or safety. Finally, we need to point out that this place was assessed large government fines exceeding $50,000. This typically indicates that government inspectors became fed up after several years of bad government inspections.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Laurels of Galesburg Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates 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 datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better