Tuscola County Medical Care Facility
1285 Cleaver Rd, Caro MI 48723 · (989) 673-4117 · 99.05% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Caro, Michigan, Tuscola County Medical Care Facility is the lone option we identified in this area. This facility is one of the highest-rated nursing homes we found. Receiving an A+ in our grading system requires excellent performance across the board. We really couldn't find many bad things to say about this place. Its scores are impeccable. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its nursing grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 159 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing grade. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. The nursing grade is based on a number of subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This particular facility provided 6.1 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This was one of the better totals we found. In addition, a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. On top of providing high levels of care, this nursing home was also above average in several of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was elite in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Not many nursing homes performed better in this category. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of assessing the elite quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff at this facility, we also were impressed by the facility's vaccination record. By way of example, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.662735 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.79 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to note the fact that this facility was given a strong grade of A in our short-term care area. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to measure a facility's rehabilitation services To have good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it was above average in this area with 53.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature for this nursing home is its inspection grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of A, finishing off its straight A performance. Inspection grades are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Tuscola County Medical Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better