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A middle-range Medicare rating. Review each component and visit in person before deciding.
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No Medicare penalties on record · Staff turnover reported at 24%
Medilodge of Livingston has a middle-range Medicare overall rating. Strengths include compassionate and attentive nursing staff. Some reviewers note concerns about chronic understaffing leading to slow response times (mentioned by 3 reviewers). Review the health-inspection, staffing, and quality-measure components separately, then visit in person.
Medilodge of Livingston receives highly polarized feedback, with many families praising the compassionate nursing staff and effective rehabilitation services. However, significant concerns persist regarding chronic understaffing, poor food quality, and occasional lapses in basic hygiene and cleanliness. Families should be aware that while many report a warm, home-like atmosphere, others have documented serious issues with patient care and facility maintenance.
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Key Review Excerpts
“I couldn't even sit on my own when I got to Medilodge of Livingston. But I had physical therapy every single day and they wouldn't let me give up but encouraged me literally every st”
“My husband was a patient here for PT and dialysis. He's was very happy with the nurses, staff and overall faculty. Everyone was very friendly and accommodating.”
“The rooms are uncomfortably cramped for 2 person living space. The third party food service that MOL uses needs to provide better quality(healthier choices for older folk) food in my opinion.”
This facility meets both EveryPlace staffing reference benchmarks. Higher staffing is generally associated with stronger day-to-day care.
Reference benchmarks (0.75 RN and 4.1 total nursing hours per resident/day) are comparison targets, not current federal minimum requirements.
Resident outcomes compared with national, state, and local averages · 17 measures
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Residents with depression symptoms
Highly dependent on how each facility screens and codes depressive symptoms, so it varies widely between facilities.
Residents needing more daily help over time
Residents whose walking got worse
Residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Short-stay residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Short-stay residents vaccinated for the flu
Short-stay residents newly given antipsychotics
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Detailed Medicare record · up to 3-year lookback
This facility has a concerning pattern of recurring deficiencies across multiple areas, with families filing complaints that triggered additional inspections. The most frequent problems involve accident prevention and safety hazards, medication management, and food safety issues. Many of these same issues have persisted across multiple surveys, suggesting ongoing challenges with maintaining consistent care standards despite reported corrections.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Smoke Deficiencies
Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Medilodge of Livingston
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Medilodge
53 facilities nationwide
Chain avg rating: 3.2/5 · Rank 16 of 50
Owners
Century Opco Group LLC
Owner · Organization
B&y Healthcare S CORP
Owner (parent company) · Organization
B&y Trust
Owner (parent company) · Organization
Cody Healthcare S CORP
Owner (parent company) · Organization
Craig Flashner 2007 Trust
Owner (parent company) · Organization
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