The Laurels of Galesburg

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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The Laurels of Galesburg's website

1080 N 35th Street,
Galesburg MI 49053

(269) 665-7043

84.62% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: The Laurels of Galesburg has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

The Laurels of Galesburg is located in Galesburg, Michigan. This city has 7,028 people. It looks like this facility is a relatively poor facility. A score of this caliber indicates we found a few red flags. As far as we can see, we'd be very reluctant to recommend this facility. The best thing we can say about this nursing home is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Nurse Quality

Although we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall grade, it did receive a respectable nursing grade of B-. Our nursing score includes several components, however, the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, although this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this area.

Short-term Care Quality

The second best category we gave this nursing home in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Our short-term care grade is often used to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

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Facility Inspections

This facility earned mediocre inspections in recent years. We gave them a C in this category. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. This place had 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were in categories G through L. This indicates that inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to present an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we looked at is long-term care, which was a weak spot for this nursing home. We gave this facility a D for our long-term care category. Facilities that do not score well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 80.811806 percent of its residents. This is several points lower than average. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

The Laurels of Galesburg Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs

This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 3.44% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 91.43% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 12.1% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 17.7% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically 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 The Laurels of Galesburg, 10.81 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In The Laurels of Galesburg, 77.3% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

Ascension Borgess HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.75 miles away1521 Gull Road Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 226-7000
Bronson Methodist HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.81 miles away601 John Street Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Voluntary non-profit - Private(269) 341-6000
Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric HospitalPsychiatric 8.94 miles away1312 Oakland Dr Kalamazoo Michigan 49008Government - State(269) 337-3309
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.86 miles away300 North Avenue Battle Creek Michigan 49017Proprietary(269) 966-8000

Nearby Dialysis

Fmc - Gull Road5.39 miles away5010 Gull Rd Suite 6 Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Dialysis Stations: 12 (269) 382-3012
Fmc - Kalamazoo East7.2 miles away2901 E Kilgore Rd Kalamazoo Michigan 49001CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (269) 345-1660
Fmc - Kalamazoo Pd Unit7.57 miles away527 E Michigan Ave Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Dialysis Stations: 2 (269) 384-6191
Fmc - Kalamazoo7.58 miles away521 E Michigan Ave Kalamazoo Michigan 49007CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 384-6180
Davita - Kalamazoo Central7.87 miles away535 S Burdick St Ste 110 Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Dialysis Stations: 10 (269) 343-0251
Fmc - Battle Creek South12.14 miles away2845 Capital Ave Sw Ste 104 Battle Creek Michigan 49015Dialysis Stations: 17 (269) 979-8865
Fmc - Oshtemo12.83 miles away6739 Seeco Dr Kalamazoo Michigan 49009CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 375-5815
Fmc - Battle Creek North12.86 miles away233 Roosevelt Ave E Battle Creek Michigan 49037CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (269) 968-8860