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 C, which is a good rating. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Battle Creek, which admittedly is admittedly a bit below average nationally. One of the highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive short-term care rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
The Oaks at Northpointe Woods
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- 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
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
We would like to note that this facility's short-term care score exceeded its overall score. This nursing home earned a B+ in this category, which is a strong grade. In forming these short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. There are many subcategories included in this grade. Many of these subcategories relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second worse category was long-term care, where it earned just a D in that area. This is a relatively poor score. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.15385 percent of its patients, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Facility Inspections
Turning our last category of inspections, this facility received an F in this area. This grade was very detrimental to this facility's overall score. You should pay special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection score. We would pay close attention to the level of severity of those deficiencies. This nursing home had 4 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received large government fines in recent years of more than $100,000. This often indicates that a facility's bad performance has been an issue for several years.
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, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure 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
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 3.44% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 91.43% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts would argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 10.81 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Oaks at Northpointe Woods, 77.3% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients who 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 C
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