Christian Care Retirement Community
720 E Dustman Rd, Bluffton IN 46714 · (260) 565-3000 · 72.55% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Christian Care Retirement Community is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Bluffton, Indiana. It looks like this nursing home is one of the highest-graded nursing homes we looked at. This facility received one of the most impressive ratings we offer. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. We also gave this facility strong ratings in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 86 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out that this facility has received near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Inspection scores are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are 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.
Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility received high marks in the area of nursing. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Nursing grades are largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving patients more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was strong in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.47 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed turned out to be this nursing home's poorest area. Nevertheless, even its worst category would likely be a highlight for most nursing homes. We gave it an above average grade of B for our short-term care category. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final item we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 31 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home rather than remaining at the facility permanently.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Christian Care Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents who developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better