The Willows at East Lansing is a small nursing home in East Lansing, Michigan. With an overall grade of A-, this is undoubtedly an impressive facility. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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The Willows at East Lansing
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No 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
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in short-term care. This is as good as it gets in this category. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a resident at least once a day.
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Facility Inspections
We gave this facility an A- for inspections. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed is long-term care, where this facility received a B-. Even though this ended up being its least impressive category grade, this is still not a terrible score. In the category of long-term care, we analyze the amount of care offered by a nursing home, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. One of the data points we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 92.349724 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this nursing home excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Willows at East Lansing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Willows at East Lansing, 1.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Willows at East Lansing, 1.09% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Willows at East Lansing, 0.57% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Willows at East Lansing, 23.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Willows at East Lansing, 22.98% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Willows at East Lansing, 11.18% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents showing signs of depression. High rates of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Willows at East Lansing, 91.07% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Willows at East Lansing, 16.25% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Willows at East Lansing, 16.11% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Willows at East Lansing, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Willows at East Lansing, 16.11% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Willows at East Lansing, 12.05% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Willows at East Lansing, 80.03% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for East Lansing, MI
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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