Blue River Healthcare

This facility received an inspection score which is better than its overall score. Inspection scores are based on the facility's recent inspections. We awarded this facility a very solid grade of B+ in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. This place was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor dings aren't necessarily something to panic about.

This nursing home also received a strong grade in our nursing category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. When computing our nursing ratings, we factor in both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as good measures of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

This facility received its third best category score in the area of short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is an acceptable grade. Our short-term care grade is often employed to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation To offer good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.

Our last category is long-term care, where we gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this category. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After we finished assessing the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 67.96875 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 2.61 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities based on the medical complexity of residents.