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Indiana Veterans Home

  • Nursing Home
  • For people with disabilities
  • Independent Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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3851 N River Rd,
West Lafayette IN 47906

(765) 463-1502

56.36% estimated occupancy 1

Indiana Veterans Home is a very-large government-owned nursing home in West Lafayette, Indiana. Featuring an overall score of A-, this is without a doubt a very impressive nursing home. Indeed, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we rated it as one of the three best nursing homes in West Lafayette. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card was its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - State
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Pharmacy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In this area, we awarded this facility an A-. There are quite a few subcategories within this area. Most of the factors are tied to nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place 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 nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning residents more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among its many impressive scores, this facility received first-rate short-term care grade. In fact, it received a grade of A- in this area. In determining our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is more often than not a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

In addition, this nursing home also earned excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best scores in that category, with an A-. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next category we graded was long-term care. This facility was given an above average nursing rating this year, with a grade of B. While this wasn't nearly as strong as many of its other category grades, this remains one of the more favorable scores for that area. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.401825 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Indiana Veterans Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 9.01% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as 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

Grade: C

In Indiana Veterans Home, 5.25% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 2.56% of Patients had UTIs

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained UTI's. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Indiana Veterans Home, 18.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Indiana Veterans Home, 18.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 4.68% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 99.2% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Indiana Veterans Home, 6.82% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Indiana Veterans Home, 10.74% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Indiana Veterans Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 10.74% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Indiana Veterans Home, 40.29% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Scores for West Lafayette, IN

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? West Lafayette, Indiana has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Franciscan Health LafayetteAcute Care Hospitals 5.9 miles away1701 S Creasy Ln Lafayette Indiana 47905Voluntary non-profit - Church(765) 502-4334
  • Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.25 miles away5165 Mccarty Ln Lafayette Indiana 47905Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 448-8000
  • Indiana University Health White Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.15 miles away720 South Sixth St Monticello Indiana 47960Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 583-7111

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Liberty Dialysis - Lafayette Ii3.07 miles away1020 N 18th Street Lafayette Indiana 47904CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (765) 420-8000
  • Lafayette at Home4.27 miles away2 Executive Drive, Suite B Lafayette Indiana 47905Dialysis Stations: 4 (765) 446-1627
  • Us Renal Care Lafayette Dialysis5.28 miles away915 B Mezzanine Drive Lafayette Indiana 47905CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 448-4851