Altenheim Health & Living Community is one of a variety of available nursing homes to select from in Indianapolis, Indiana. With an overall grade of C, this appears to be a middle of the pack facility. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Indianapolis, which is admittedly a bit below average nationally. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Altenheim Health & Living Community
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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in this category with a grade of A. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's higher category grades came in the category of short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B+. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing score. We gave this nursing home a grade of D. Our nursing score assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the last category we assessed. It received an F for this area. Even with multiple respectable grades in other categories, this grade is still concerning so we wanted to point it out. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care may not provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes provide. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 91.04478 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be slightly lower than we expected but still a decent percentage. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Altenheim Health & Living Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percent of long-term residents which experienced urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 14.48% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 91.03% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 12.43 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Altenheim Health & Living Community, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Indianapolis, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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