Brown County Health and Living Community is an average-sized nursing home located in Nashville, Indiana. This nursing home was given a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a subpar grade. This place seems to have very little working in its favor. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection score. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category grades
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Brown County Health and Living Community
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall score was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facilities second best category is short-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this area. Our short-term care grade is often used to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is long-term care, where this facility received an F. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were a bit concerned this nursing home gave the vaccine to just 78.24859 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Nurse Quality
The next category we rated was nursing. It received an abysmal F for this area, which is an abysmal score. When determining our nursing ratings, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This place fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brown County Health and Living Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 14.48% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 91.03% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 12.43 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brown County Health and Living Community, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Iu Health Bloomington HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.4 miles away601 W Second St Bloomington Indiana 47403Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 353-9555
- Columbus Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.28 miles away2400 E 17th St Columbus Indiana 47201Government - Local(812) 379-4441
- Monroe HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.78 miles away4011 S Monroe Medical Park Blvd Bloomington Indiana 47403Proprietary(812) 825-1111
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Hoosier Hills Dialysis13.83 miles away143 S. Kingston Drive Bloomington Indiana 47408CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (812) 333-1697
- Fmc - Bloomington Monroe16.84 miles away575 South Patterson Drive Bloomington Indiana 47403Dialysis Stations: 24 (812) 333-5600
- Fmc - Morgan County17.84 miles away2084 Hospital Drive Martinsville Indiana 46151Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 349-9429
- Fmc - Columbus Bartholomew18.2 miles away2325 18th Street, Suite 120 Columbus Indiana 47201CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (812) 375-0254