Wellbridge of Fenton

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this facility performed well in short-term care. We awarded it an A+ for that category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is generally a fair measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Among this facility's other strengths is its elite nursing grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A+. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility also was given a strong long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this category. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.44444 percent of its residents, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Lastly, we looked at this nursing home's inspection rating This did not end up being one of this facility's stronger grades. We gave it a C in this area. This isn't a horrible score in this category. It simply wasn't as strong as some of this place's other category grades. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in categories G through L. This means that it dodged the more serious classes of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.