Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in South Bend, Indiana. This nursing home is a relatively poor nursing home. A score of this caliber suggests we found a few red flags. South Bend received a city grade of B-, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. The only positive thing we can say about this facility is that it did not receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we gave this facility a bad overall rating, we gave it a fairly respectable grade in the area of inspections, where it received a B-. This was quite a bit better than its other categories. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. This nursing home was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
The second highest category we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a C. In our short-term care category, we strive to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. There are quite a few criteria included in this grade. Most of the subcategories relate to nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is well below average. Lastly, nursing ratings also consider quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its residents.
Long-term Care Quality
Our last category is long-term care, where we gave this facility a grade of C in this category. With our long-term care category, we focus more on the volume of care offered by a nursing home, as well as a handful of qualitative data points. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 91.41791 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.24% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.37% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. More frequent bathing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 28.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.55% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 91.94% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 19.92% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence. Some would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.48% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.48% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 74.87% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for South Bend, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? South Bend, Indiana has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Memorial Hospital of South BendAcute Care Hospitals 0.87 miles away615 N Michigan St South Bend Indiana 46601Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 647-1000
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.57 miles away5215 Holy Cross Pkwy Mishawaka Indiana 46545Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 335-5000
- Elkhart General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.5 miles away600 E Blvd Elkhart Indiana 46514Government - Local(574) 294-2621
- Community Hospital of Bremen IncCritical Access Hospitals 15.88 miles away1020 High Rd Bremen Indiana 46506Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 546-2211
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - South Bend Dialysis0.9 miles away320 South Street South Bend Indiana 46601Dialysis Stations: 17 (574) 246-0752
- Davita - Irish Dialysis2.4 miles away4350 South Ironwood Dr South Bend Indiana 46614Dialysis Stations: 20 (574) 299-4529
- Fmc - Nephrology - Mishawaka3.16 miles away710 Park Place Mishawaka Indiana 46545CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (574) 273-6776
- Fmc - Nephrology - Home4.24 miles away250 E. Day Road, Suite 300 Mishawaka Indiana 46545Dialysis Stations: 2 (574) 273-6777
- Davita - Dialysis South Bend West5.8 miles away5660 Nimtz Pkwy South Bend Indiana 46628Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 234-8870
- Fmc - Nephrology - Blackthorn5.93 miles away6201 Nimtz Parkway South Bend Indiana 46628CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (574) 246-7000
- Liberty Dialysis at Lakeland - Niles10.8 miles away8 Longmeadow Village Dr Niles Michigan 49120CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 684-0116
- Davita - Elkhart12.91 miles away1401 N Michigan St Elkhart Indiana 46514Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 262-5295