Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center
910 W Walnut St, Albany IN 47320 · (765) 789-4423 · 78.92% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Albany, Indiana, Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center is the lone option we identified in this area. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A score in this range requires some solid scores. Based on our analysis, there are certainly much worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its stellar inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 102 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we awarded this nursing home a B in our long-term care category. This is one of our more impressive grades. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.651566 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 1.94 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most nursing homes due to it having some more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's third best area is short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a C. Our short-term care ratings are presumably most meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found it was above average in this area with 51 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the fourth area, we awarded this nursing home a D for our nursing category. This is the nursing home's least impressive category grade. Sadly, this category hurt the nursing home's overall grade to some degree. Nursing grades are mostly associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. In addition to its below average nursing hours, this place received suboptimal marks in several of the quality-based measures we considered in determining our nursing grades. We found that more of this nursing home's patients experienced falls which led to major injury.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better