West Woods of Bridgman is an average-sized nursing home located in Bridgman, Michigan. Our rating system was not favorable to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall grade of F. This place does not seem to have much going for it. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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West Woods of Bridgman
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: West Woods of Bridgman has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating and that actually turned out to be its second highest score. Our nursing score is largely based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This facility performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these datapoints to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second least favorable score is long-term care, where it earned a grade of just D in that area. This is a well below average score. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 96.2406 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded is short-term care, in which this facility was given an abysmal score here also. We gave it an F in this area, which is definitely a major concern. Our short-term care scores are important for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home offers substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 3.5 percent of its patients returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
West Woods of Bridgman Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In West Woods of Bridgman, 14.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In West Woods of Bridgman, 3.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which have suffered falls leading to major injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In West Woods of Bridgman, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have sustained UTI's. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In West Woods of Bridgman, 22.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In West Woods of Bridgman, 21.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In West Woods of Bridgman, 1.2% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In West Woods of Bridgman, 97.73% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In West Woods of Bridgman, 15.42% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In West Woods of Bridgman, 21.02% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Some argue that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In West Woods of Bridgman, 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 West Woods of Bridgman, 21.02% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In West Woods of Bridgman, 8.1% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In West Woods of Bridgman, 79.56% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lakeland Hospital, St JosephAcute Care Hospitals 11.43 miles away1234 Napier Avenue Saint Joseph Michigan 49085Voluntary non-profit - Private(269) 983-8300
Nearby Dialysis
- Liberty Dialysis at Lakeland - Royalton9.5 miles away3772 Hollywood Rd Saint Joseph Michigan 49085Dialysis Stations: 1 (269) 428-7474
- Fresenius Medical Care at Benton Harbor13.23 miles away338 8th St Benton Harbor Michigan 49022CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (269) 605-0135
- Liberty Dialysis at Lakeland - Niles15.29 miles away8 Longmeadow Village Dr Niles Michigan 49120CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 684-0116
- Fmc - Nephrology - Blackthorn19.07 miles away6201 Nimtz Parkway South Bend Indiana 46628CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (574) 246-7000
- Davita - Dialysis South Bend West19.15 miles away5660 Nimtz Pkwy South Bend Indiana 46628Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 234-8870