Wellbridge of Brighton
2200 Dorr Road, Howell MI 48843 · (517) 947-4400 · 93.29% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Located in Howell, Michigan, Wellbridge of Brighton is one of four facilities there. We awarded this nursing home an extremely impressive overall grade of A-. Consequently, it is ranked among the highest graded nursing homes in Howell, which has some quality nursing homes. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. The best part of this facility's impressive profile was its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 88 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our short-term care grade is often used to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This facility excelled at the highest level in two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the typical facility. This is often an excellent sign. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 70.4 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place boasts an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient each day, of which more than one hour of these hours were provided by registered nurses. This is among the most highly trained levels of nurses. Finally, this facility also excelled in several quality-based metrics we looked at. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by providing better nursing care and a protocol of turning patients even once per day.
Facility Inspections
Racking up yet another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received a score of A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our last area, this nursing home was given a respectable long-term care grade. Although this is not quite as strong as several of its other scores, this is really nothing to be ashamed of. Long-term care grades are used to assess a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. In addition to favorable nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination data is fairly strong as well. In fact, it vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This combination proved to be effective as this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.65 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wellbridge of Brighton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better