With an address in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Communities at Indian Haven is one of four available nursing homes there. With an overall rating of B, this nursing home is a fine choice. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Indiana. The best part of this facility's profile is is its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
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Communities at Indian Haven
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility received a strong overall score as described above, but we wanted to note its excellent short-term care score. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. When computing a facility's nursing score, we look at the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Our final category is long-term care, where we awarded this facility a grade of B- in that area. Long-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's amount of care. This means a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinates 95.14563 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization 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.
Communities at Indian Haven Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Communities at Indian Haven, 6.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Communities at Indian Haven, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Communities at Indian Haven, 0.49% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Communities at Indian Haven, 5.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Communities at Indian Haven, 17.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Communities at Indian Haven, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Communities at Indian Haven, 94.45% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Communities at Indian Haven, 9.04% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Communities at Indian Haven, 17.6% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Communities at Indian Haven, 17.6% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Communities at Indian Haven, 4.2% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Communities at Indian Haven, 72.73% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Indiana, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Indiana, Pennsylvania has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Indiana Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.71 miles away835 Hospital Road Indiana Pennsylvania 15701Voluntary non-profit - Private(724) 357-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci of Indiana0.83 miles away870 Hospital Road Indiana Pennsylvania 15701CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (724) 465-7010
- Dci at Chestnut Ridge13.48 miles away25 Colony Boulevard, Suite 112 Blairsville Pennsylvania 15717Dialysis Stations: 8 (724) 459-4980