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The Villa at West Branch

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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445 S Valley St,
West Branch MI 48661

(989) 345-3600

87.42% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: The Villa at West Branch has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

The Villa at West Branch is a small nursing home in West Branch, Michigan. We gave this facility an overall rating of F. 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 West Branch. Although this place was awarded a single reasonable category score for short-term care, which you can find more information about below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Individual
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Meal Delivery
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Short-term Care Quality

Even though we gave this nursing home a terrible overall score, we gave it a B- for short-term care. Our short-term care grade is typically used to assess a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To have quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of D. We assessed the licensure of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in determining our rating in this area. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this facility's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these datapoints to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Facility Inspections

We wanted to note that this facility received an F for its inspection score. An F in this area is alarming because it generally points to red flags on the facility's government inspection reports. For places that received this poor of an inspection score, we would scrutinize any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular nursing home had 3 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Long-term Care Quality

The last area we graded was long-term care, in which this facility received a rock bottom grade in this area also. Sadly, it received an F for this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

The Villa at West Branch Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In The Villa at West Branch, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In The Villa at West Branch, 4.79% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that have had a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In The Villa at West Branch, 2.48% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who sustained UTI's. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In The Villa at West Branch, 6.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In The Villa at West Branch, 29.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In The Villa at West Branch, 11.49% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In The Villa at West Branch, 100% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In The Villa at West Branch, 9.76% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In The Villa at West Branch, 12.35% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In The Villa at West Branch, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In The Villa at West Branch, 12.35% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In The Villa at West Branch, 11.28% of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In The Villa at West Branch, 76.19% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

Midmichigan Medical Center - West BranchAcute Care Hospitals 1.03 miles away2463 South M-30 West Branch Michigan 48661Government - Local(989) 345-6366