Westland Convalescent & Rehab Center
36137 W Warren, Westland MI 48185 · (734) 728-6100 · 87% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Westland, Michigan, Westland Convalescent & Rehab Center is one of four nursing homes in the city. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. This nursing home did not have much going for it. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss nursing in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 230 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B for our nursing rating. We assessed the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses were with patients, in determining our rating in this category. This nursing home provides 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't fare terribly in the category of short-term care. In fact, we gave it a grade of B- for that category, which ended up being among its more respectable scores. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its level of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this nursing home. It performed respectably in this metric with 48.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a lowly F for its inspection score. This is an important category. Scores in this range usually point to some red flags on the facility's government inspections. For facilities with poor inspection grades, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This particular facility had 10 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, we would like to point out that this facility was assessed large government fines of more than $50,000. This often signifies that government inspectors grew tired after several years of failed inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed was long-term care, in which this nursing home received a rock bottom score here as well. It received an abysmal F for this area, which is obviously somewhat alarming. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. After we finished assessing the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated just 78.96296 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. While it had 1.72 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic wasn't as bad due to it having some more complex patients. This is its best score in this category
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westland Convalescent & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better