The Lighthouse at Ishpeming Health and Rehab
435 Stoneville Rd, Ishpeming MI 49849 · (906) 485-1073 · 46.31% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
The Lighthouse at Ishpeming Health and Rehab is located in Ishpeming, Michigan. This city has 12,242 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 : 122 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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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 B- 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 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
We were also surprised to discover that this facility received a reasonably solid short-term care score this year. We awarded it a B- in that category. In our short-term care score, we try to create a fair measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility and found that this nursing home performed better here. In fact, this nursing home fared better than most nursing homes in the nation in this area with 52.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is long-term care, where this facility was given an F. Facilities that don't score well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility administered the vaccine to only 72.76423 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. While it had 1.83 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not bad due to it having some more complicated patients. This is its best feature in this category
Facility Inspections
Turning the final category of inspections, this nursing home had an abysmal showing. It received an F in our inspection rating. This is our most heavily weighted category in our scoring system. With nursing homes that received this poor of an inspection score, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular facility had a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious categories of deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies uncovered by the government inspectors had potential to cause actual harm to patients. In addition to having severe deficiencies, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Lighthouse at Ishpeming Health and Rehab 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