Wellbridge of Novi

We gave this nursing home one of our higher scores in the area of short-term care, where it received an A-. This is far better than the nursing home's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. In computing our short-term care scores, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is frequently a reliable assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Inspections is another area where this nursing home excelled. We awarded this nursing home an B+ for our inspections rating. This grade is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. Our nursing category includes many components, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a somewhat concerning figure which is well below average. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.

This nursing home's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the last category we analyzed. It received an abysmal F for this area. Even with several solid grades in other categories, this score is nevertheless of a concern so we felt obligated to draw your attention to it. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.