Covered Bridge Health Campus is one of just three available facilities located in Seymour, Indiana. We gave this facility a very strong overall grade of A-. As a matter of fact, it is actually the number one rated nursing home in the city. Based on our assessment, you can not go wrong here. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Covered Bridge Health Campus
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. This is as good as it gets in this category. With our short-term care grade, we endeavor to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Nursing ratings are largely associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection grades are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we scored was long-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of C. Even though this proved to be its lowest category grade, this is still not the end of the world. Long-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's volume of nursing services. This means a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 99.2647 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Covered Bridge Health Campus Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents who are administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 12.89% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 91.48% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 15.7% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 11.29 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Covered Bridge Health Campus, 73.78% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Schneck Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.66 miles away411 W Tipton St Seymour Indiana 47274Government - Local(812) 522-2349
- St Vincent Jennings Hospital IncCritical Access Hospitals 15.64 miles away301 Henry St North Vernon Indiana 47265Voluntary non-profit - Church(812) 352-4200
- Scott Memorial HealthCritical Access Hospitals 18.08 miles away1451 N Gardner St Scottsburg Indiana 47170Proprietary(812) 752-3456
- Columbus Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.71 miles away2400 E 17th St Columbus Indiana 47201Government - Local(812) 379-4441
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Seymour1.96 miles away200 East Third Street Seymour Indiana 47274Dialysis Stations: 12 (812) 524-9885
- Davita - North Vernon Dialysis Center18.29 miles away2340 North State Hwy 7., Ste A North Vernon Indiana 47265Dialysis Stations: 10 (812) 352-8150
- Fmc - Columbus Bartholomew18.77 miles away2325 18th Street, Suite 120 Columbus Indiana 47201CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (812) 375-0254
- Fmc - Scott County Dialysis18.96 miles away130 N. Westavia Blvd Scottsburg Indiana 47170Dialysis Stations: 12 (812) 754-0630
- Davita - Scottsburg Dialysis19.18 miles away1619 W. Mcclain Ave. Scottsburg Indiana 47170Dialysis Stations: 8 (812) 752-5249