The Laurels of Sandy Creek
425 E Elm St, Wayland MI 49348 · (269) 792-2249 · 72.02% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Laurels of Sandy Creek is a senior living facility located in Wayland, Michigan, a city with 12,153 people. With an overall score of D, this is a subpar nursing home. 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. The best thing we can really say about this nursing home is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively solid government inspections in recent years. We gave it a B+ in this category, which was much better than its overall grade. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Nursing ratings are primarily based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also weighed some quality-based metrics. This nursing home performed well in some of the quality measures we looked at. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility beat the national average. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided with better nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a solid score in the area of short-term care, with a grade of B-. In calculating these short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it was respectable in this metric with 45.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's least impressive category is long-term care, which is the final area we looked at. For this area, we gave this nursing home a D. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 99.24812 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.75 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home didn't fare quite as well.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Laurels of Sandy Creek Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better