Altenheim Health & Living Community
3525 E Hanna Ave, Indianapolis IN 46237 · (317) 788-4261 · 94.94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Altenheim Health & Living Community is an average-sized facility located in Indianapolis, Indiana. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a good rating. Even in a city with 49 nursing homes, this nursing home should be a quality option. The best part of this nursing home's report card is its remarkable inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 87 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with an A+. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home an B. In calculating our nursing grades, we factor in both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received positive short-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a B. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. This nursing home performed much better in the final datapoint we considered in this area, which was the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in Indiana in this area with 61.3 percent of its residents returning home. For most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final area, this facility really did not fare very well. With an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this is its poorest grade. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 80.59071 percent of its residents. This is quite a bit below what we were hoping for. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. While it had 1.99 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score wasn't bad since it had more complicated patients. This is its best feature in this category
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Altenheim Health & Living Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce 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 tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better