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The Laurels of Sandy Creek

  • Nursing Home
  • Assisted Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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The Laurels of Sandy Creek's website

425 E Elm St,
Wayland MI 49348

(269) 792-2249

56.96% estimated occupancy 1

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

The Laurels of Sandy Creek is in Wayland, Michigan. This city has a population of 12,153 people. With an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a very poor facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Wayland. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Meal Delivery
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Hemodialysis
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

While this nursing home's overall grade was rock bottom, it didn't perform as poorly in nursing. In fact, we gave it a B- for that area. The nursing score assesses quite a few factors, however, the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It scored well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Incredibly, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for its short-term care rating, which really isn't a bad grade. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The last metric we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this nursing home's next best category is long-term care. However, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed relatively poorly. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 91.443855 percent of its patients, which is slightly less than we expected. Surprisingly, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Turning to our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. For facilities that received this bad of an inspection rating, we would scrutinize the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular facility was assessed 4 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

The Laurels of Sandy Creek Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

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

This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

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

This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients that were given antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 3.44% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 91.43% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 12.1% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 17.7% Percentage of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

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

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 10.81 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In The Laurels of Sandy Creek, 77.3% Percentage of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Metro Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.2 miles away5900 Byron Center Avenue, Sw Wyoming Michigan 49519Voluntary non-profit - Private(616) 252-7200
  • Allegan General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.65 miles away555 Linn Street Allegan Michigan 49010Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 686-4101
  • Spectrum Health PennockCritical Access Hospitals 17.11 miles away1009 W Green St Hastings Michigan 49058Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 945-3451
  • Saint Mary's Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 19.47 miles away200 Jefferson Avenue Se Grand Rapids Michigan 49503Voluntary non-profit - Church(616) 685-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fms Clyde Park South, LLC13.37 miles away5311 Clyde Park Avenue Sw Wyoming Michigan 49509Dialysis Stations: 16 (616) 534-7179
  • Fmc - Allegan13.72 miles away730 Airway Dr Allegan Michigan 49010Dialysis Stations: 12 (269) 673-1700
  • Fmc Clyde Park - Wyoming13.91 miles away4893 Clyde Park Ave Sw Wyoming Michigan 49509CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (616) 531-5353
  • Fmc - Kentwood14.39 miles away4300 Callander Dr Se Grand Rapids Michigan 49508Dialysis Stations: 16 (616) 454-1051
  • Fresenius Medical Care - Hastings16.98 miles away1230 W State St Ste C Hastings Michigan 49058Dialysis Stations: 11 (269) 945-9003
  • Total Renal Care, Inc.17.7 miles away705 28th St Se Grand Rapids Michigan 49548Dialysis Stations: 20 (616) 475-0553
  • Devos Childrens Hosp - Dialysis Unit19.28 miles away35 Michigan St Ne, Mc 83 Suite 3121 Grand Rapids Michigan 49503Dialysis Stations: 4 (616) 267-2305

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=235313