Aspen Trace Health & Living Community is a nursing home located in Greenwood, Indiana, which has a population of 78,968 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A score in this range requires strong marks in most areas. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Aspen Trace Health & Living Community
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 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
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite facility overall, this nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Very few facilities performed as well in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given strong grades in the category of short-term care as well. As a result, we awarded it one of our most favorable grades in that category with a score of A-. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is often a useful assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing category includes a handful of datapoints, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 place Indiana in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving a patient even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed was long-term care, where this facility received a B-. This actually turned out to be this nursing home's worst category. This is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. In determining our long-term care ratings, we analyze the personal care received by the facility's residents. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 82.5784 percent of its patients. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aspen Trace Health & Living Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 5.66% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 2.46% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 12.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 29.89% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 1.5% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 88.14% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 15.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 8.8% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 8.8% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 10.91% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aspen Trace Health & Living Community, 80.82% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Greenwood, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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