Bell Trace Health and Living Center is one of six nursing homes in Bloomington, Indiana. This facility was given an A- overall, which is a high-end rating. As a matter of fact, this is actually one of the three highest graded facilities in the city. As you will find below, this place also performed just fine in our category grades. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Bell Trace Health and Living Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- 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
- Government - County
- 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
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To pair with a strong overall grade, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for our inspection category. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its top-shelf assessment, this facility also was awarded an excellent short-term care grade, with a grade of A. With our short-term care score, we attempt to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 6.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a favorable long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this area. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
The last area we analyzed was nursing. We awarded this facility one of our more favorable grades in this category, with a grade of B. Even though this wasn't as favorable as many of its other scores, it is still a positive grade. When computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the amount of time nurses spend with residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bell Trace Health and Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 6.99% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 2.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 0.54% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who sustained UTI's. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 5.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 31.37% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 2.81% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 11.84% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 7.58% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Some argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 7.58% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 11.38% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 54.1% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Bloomington, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Bloomington, Indiana has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Iu Health Bloomington HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.81 miles away601 W Second St Bloomington Indiana 47403Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 353-9555
- Monroe HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.63 miles away4011 S Monroe Medical Park Blvd Bloomington Indiana 47403Proprietary(812) 825-1111
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Hoosier Hills Dialysis0.34 miles away143 S. Kingston Drive Bloomington Indiana 47408CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (812) 333-1697
- Fmc - Bloomington Monroe3.24 miles away575 South Patterson Drive Bloomington Indiana 47403Dialysis Stations: 24 (812) 333-5600
- Fmc - Spencer16.64 miles away11 Crane Avenue Spencer Indiana 47460Dialysis Stations: 9 (812) 829-3385
- Fmc - Morgan County18.37 miles away2084 Hospital Drive Martinsville Indiana 46151Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 349-9429