Westlake Health Campus is located in Commerce Township, Michigan, a city with a population of 21,945 people. With an A overall grade, we rated this facility in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. We can't find many bad things to say about this nursing home. Its scores are impeccable. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Westlake Health Campus
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. In determining our short-term care ratings, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is typically a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our next area, this nursing home was awarded a strong long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 97.674416 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our fourth area, this facility was given a very strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that category, topping off one of our more impressive profiles. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning patients more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westlake Health Campus Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Westlake Health Campus, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Westlake Health Campus, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Westlake Health Campus, 2.36% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Westlake Health Campus, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients which are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Westlake Health Campus, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Westlake Health Campus, 3.44% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Westlake Health Campus, 91.43% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Westlake Health Campus, 12.1% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Westlake Health Campus, 17.7% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Westlake Health Campus, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Westlake Health Campus, 17.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Westlake Health Campus, 10.81 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Westlake Health Campus, 77.3% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Henry Ford West Bloomfield HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.51 miles away6777 West Maple Road West Bloomfield Michigan 48322Voluntary non-profit - Private(248) 325-1000
- Mclaren OaklandAcute Care Hospitals 10.38 miles away50 N Perry St Pontiac Michigan 48342Voluntary non-profit - Private(248) 338-5000
- St Joseph Mercy OaklandAcute Care Hospitals 11.03 miles away44405 Woodward Ave Pontiac Michigan 48341Voluntary non-profit - Private(248) 858-3000
- Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsAcute Care Hospitals 14.49 miles away28050 Grand River Avenue Farmington Michigan 48336Voluntary non-profit - Private(248) 471-8000
- St Mary Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.66 miles away36475 Five Mile Road Livonia Michigan 48154Voluntary non-profit - Private(734) 655-4800
- Beaumont Hospital, Royal OakAcute Care Hospitals 16.58 miles away3601 W Thirteen Mile Rd Royal Oak Michigan 48073Voluntary non-profit - Private(248) 898-5000
- Ascension Providence HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.03 miles away16001 W Nine Mile Rd Southfield Michigan 48075Voluntary non-profit - Church(248) 849-3011
- Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.04 miles away1101 W University Drive Rochester Michigan 48307Voluntary non-profit - Private(248) 652-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Commerce Township Dialysis of Davita2.06 miles away120 W Commerce Rd Commerce Township Michigan 48382Dialysis Stations: 12 (248) 363-4862
- Clarkston Dialysis of Davita8.5 miles away6770 Dixie Hwy Ste 205 Clarkston Michigan 48346Dialysis Stations: 22 (248) 620-0958
- Ghs Western Regional Home Dialysis8.51 miles away39525 W 14 Mile Rd Ste 200 Novi Michigan 48377Dialysis Stations: 3 (248) 668-4180
- Davita - North Oakland Dialysis8.53 miles away450 N Telegraph Rd Ste 600 Pontiac Michigan 48341CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (248) 333-2230
- Bio Medical Applications of Michigan Inc8.6 miles away49641 Grand River Ave Wixom Michigan 48393Dialysis Stations: 13 (248) 924-3544
- Novi Dialysis Center of Davita8.78 miles away27150 Providence Pkwy Ste A Novi Michigan 48374CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (248) 449-6947
- Davita West Bloomfield Dialysis9.12 miles away6010 W Maple Rd Ste 215 West Bloomfield Michigan 48322Dialysis Stations: 10 (248) 539-1025
- Davita - Orchard Square Dialysis10.75 miles away1900 S Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bloomfield Hills Michigan 48302Dialysis Stations: 20 (248) 451-0954