Aperion Care Tolleston Park is located in Gary, Indiana. This city has 85,171 people. This facility received an F, which is definitely concerning in our grading scheme. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Gary. The city has just two other nursing homes. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.
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Aperion Care Tolleston Park
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a poor overall score, we also awarded this nursing home poor scores across the board in each of the categories. It only received a grade of just D for its inspections grade, which is its best category. Inspection grades factor in many items found on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. When you see severe deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is typically the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This particular nursing home was hit with 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed significant government fines amounting to more than $100,000. This usually suggests that a facility's bad track record has been an issue for multiple years.
Long-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility a grade of just D for our long-term care rating and that actually turned out to be its second most respectable category. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the vaccine to 95.67901 percent of its residents, which is a very solid percentage. To our surprise, this facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. The nursing score is based on a handful of components, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This facility performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these metrics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was short-term care. Sadly, it received an F for this area, which is a poor score. Short-term care scores are vital for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we learned that this nursing home provides substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical nursing home. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 3.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Tolleston Park Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 6.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 3.5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that had falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 0.87% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 12.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 10.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 75.88% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 88.68% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 21.54% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Many argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 22.3% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 22.3% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 13.53% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aperion Care Tolleston Park, 59.75% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Methodist Hospitals IncAcute Care Hospitals 1.68 miles away600 Grant St Gary Indiana 46402Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 886-4000
- St Catherine Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 5.84 miles away4321 Fir St East Chicago Indiana 46312Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 392-7004
- St Mary Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 7.03 miles away1500 S Lake Park Ave Hobart Indiana 46342Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 942-0551
- Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.47 miles away901 Macarthur Blvd Munster Indiana 46321Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 836-1600
- Franciscan Health MunsterAcute Care Hospitals 8.03 miles away701 Superior Ave Munster Indiana 46321Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 922-4200
- Franciscan Health HammondAcute Care Hospitals 8.47 miles away5454 Hohman Ave Hammond Indiana 46320Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 932-2300
- Franciscan Health DyerAcute Care Hospitals 9.96 miles away24 Joliet St Dyer Indiana 46311Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 865-2141
- Franciscan Health Crown PointAcute Care Hospitals 12.43 miles away1201 S Main St Crown Point Indiana 46307Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 757-6100
Nearby Dialysis
- The Dialysis Center of Gary LLC0.46 miles away1705 W. 25th Ave, Suite 101 Gary Indiana 46404Dialysis Stations: 21 (219) 944-0749
- Fmc - Gary Dialysis1.16 miles away3290 Grant Street Gary Indiana 46408CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (219) 980-2860
- Davita - Gary3.46 miles away4802 Broadway Gary Indiana 46408CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (219) 887-1199
- Fmc - Griffith4.17 miles away926 N. Broad Street Griffith Indiana 46319Dialysis Stations: 17 (219) 838-7777
- Merrillville North Dialysis Center4.95 miles away6059 Broadway Merrillville Indiana 46410CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (219) 980-1090
- Davita - East Chicago5.95 miles away4320 Fir Street Suite 404 East Chicago Indiana 46312Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 397-1199
- Fmc - East Chicago Dialysis Center6.02 miles away4016 Main Street East Chicago Indiana 46312CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (219) 398-9338
- Fmc - Hobart6.54 miles away1330 S. Wisconsin Street Hobart Indiana 46342CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (219) 947-9289