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Hammond-Whiting Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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1000 114th St,
Whiting IN 46394

(219) 659-2770

80.62% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Hammond-Whiting Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

With an address in Whiting, Indiana, Hammond-Whiting Care Center is the sole facility we identified in this city. This facility was given an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. This facility is just about as bad as it gets. We wouldn't 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 grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

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 scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of C. We analyzed the levels of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses worked with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this statistic. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of turning residents at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to the area of short-term care, this nursing home was given just a D in that area. Our short-term care scores are believed to be most meaningful for those needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Considering its grade in this area, we weren't surprised to discover that this facility is well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients based on the data we assessed. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's worst area is long-term care, which is the last area we scored. For this category, we gave this facility a D. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 76.666664 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Hammond-Whiting Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 6.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 1.9% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients which have experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 0.97% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 22.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 1.69% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression. High rates of depression could reveal worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 72.25% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 12.95% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 10.33% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 10.33% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 26.35% of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Hammond-Whiting Care Center, 91.2% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Advocate Trinity HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.18 miles away2320 E 93rd St Chicago Illinois 60617Voluntary non-profit - Other(773) 967-5002
  • St Catherine Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 4.69 miles away4321 Fir St East Chicago Indiana 46312Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 392-7004
  • Franciscan Health HammondAcute Care Hospitals 5.18 miles away5454 Hohman Ave Hammond Indiana 46320Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 932-2300
  • South Shore HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.39 miles away8012 South Crandon Avenue Chicago Illinois 60617Voluntary non-profit - Private(773) 356-5000
  • Roseland Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.22 miles away45 W 111th Street Chicago Illinois 60628Voluntary non-profit - Other(773) 995-3000
  • Jackson Park HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.36 miles away7531 S Stony Island Ave Chicago Illinois 60649Voluntary non-profit - Private(773) 947-7500
  • The University of Chicago Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.63 miles away5841 South Maryland Chicago Illinois 60637Voluntary non-profit - Private(773) 702-1000
  • St Bernard HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.09 miles away326 W 64th St Chicago Illinois 60621Voluntary non-profit - Private(773) 962-3900

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Whiting Dialysis0.66 miles away816 119th St. Whiting Indiana 46394Dialysis Stations: 9 (219) 473-0712
  • Fmc - South Deering Dialysis3.01 miles away10559 S Torrence Ave Chicago Illinois 60617Dialysis Stations: 20 (773) 768-7100
  • Fmc - South Chicago3.75 miles away9200 S. South Chicago Ave. Chicago Illinois 60617CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (773) 734-7433
  • Davita Park Manor Dialysis3.76 miles away9505 S. Colfax Avenue Chicago Illinois 60617Dialysis Stations: 16 (773) 978-5237
  • Fmc - East Chicago Dialysis Center4.48 miles away4016 Main Street East Chicago Indiana 46312CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (219) 398-9338
  • Davita - East Chicago4.57 miles away4320 Fir Street Suite 404 East Chicago Indiana 46312Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 397-1199
  • Davita - Stony Island Dialysis4.6 miles away8725 South Stony Island Ave Chicago Illinois 60617CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (773) 221-7320
  • Hammond Dialysis Center4.77 miles away7 Sibley Street Hammond Indiana 46320Dialysis Stations: 29 (219) 937-2819