The Oaks at Northpointe Woods is a nursing home in Battle Creek, Michigan, a city with a total of 92,270 people. This nursing home received an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average rating. If you take a look at the other options in Battle Creek, we suspect you will find this nursing home to be a better option than most nursing homes in the city. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile was its nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next section
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The Oaks at Northpointe Woods
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Blood Administration
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
On top of performing well in its overall score, this nursing home earned even higher grades in nursing. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. There are numerous subcategories within this area. Many of the criteria relate to nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Michigan in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a resident more often.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of A for our short-term care score. In our short-term care grade, we try to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home earned a good score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A couple minor dings are not something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we rated is long-term care. This facility received a very good long-term care grade in our assessment, with a grade of C. Although this wasn't as good as several of its other category grades, this is still a respectable score in this category. Long-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's volume of care. This includes a broad spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.507385 percent of its residents. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Oaks at Northpointe Woods Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 0.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 3.94% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 2.14% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by lower quality nursing care. More frequent bathing can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 8.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 25.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents which are given antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 26.8% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 97.94% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 22.07% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 19.03% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 19.03% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 20.25% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 85.7% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Battle Creek, MI
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Battle Creek, Michigan has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Bronson Battle Creek HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.76 miles away300 North Avenue Battle Creek Michigan 49017Proprietary(269) 966-8000
- Oaklawn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.26 miles away200 N Madison Marshall Michigan 49068Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 781-4271
- Ascension Borgess HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.56 miles away1521 Gull Road Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 226-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Battle Creek Dialysis0.05 miles away220 Goodale Ave E Ste B Battle Creek Michigan 49037Dialysis Stations: 20 (269) 968-8401
- Fmc - Battle Creek North0.17 miles away233 Roosevelt Ave E Battle Creek Michigan 49037CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (269) 968-8860
- Fmc - Battle Creek South5.8 miles away2845 Capital Ave Sw Ste 104 Battle Creek Michigan 49015Dialysis Stations: 17 (269) 979-8865
- Oaklawn Dialysis Center12.38 miles away310 E Michigan Ave Marshall Michigan 49068Dialysis Stations: 8 (269) 789-7023
- Fmc - Gull Road17.95 miles away5010 Gull Rd Suite 6 Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Dialysis Stations: 12 (269) 382-3012
- Fmc - Kalamazoo East19.97 miles away2901 E Kilgore Rd Kalamazoo Michigan 49001CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (269) 345-1660