Bethel Pointe Health and Rehab
3400 W Community Dr, Muncie IN 47304 · (765) 289-2273 · 85.17% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Bethel Pointe Health and Rehab is an average-sized non-profit facility located in Muncie, Indiana. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a good rating. Even in a city with 11 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 : 114 Beds
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Non 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 5 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.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we gave this facility a grade of B in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our better scores. Our short-term care scores are probably most critical for those needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home, which as an area this facility performed much more favorably. This place outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in this area with 63.1 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's third best category ended up being long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a C. In the area of long-term care, we focus on the amount of services offered by a nursing home, as opposed to more sophisticated services. One of the statistics we considered after this facility's quality nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 96.84211 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize negative health outcomes for the senior population. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 4.72 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number can be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of residents.
Nurse Quality
The final area we analyzed is nursing, which turned out to be this nursing home's least impressive category. We gave this nursing home a D in that category. Naturally, this grade pulled down the facility's overall profile to some degree. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. Quantity of nursing care does not appear to be the source of this facility's poor nursing grade. This facility provides 4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is above average. In determining our ratings, we add more weight to hours performed by highly trained nurses such as registered nurses. Despite being above average in terms of nursing hours, this place had a few less favorable scores in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents having falls leading to major injury and found this nursing home to be above the national average in this statistic. This is not what we like to see here. We believe that many falls could likely be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic contributed to this facility receiving a poor nursing grade.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bethel Pointe Health and Rehab 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