Freelandville Community Home is a small non-profit nursing home located in Freelandville, Indiana. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack grade. This nursing home seems to have some things working in its favor. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Freelandville Community Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that category, which is one of our better scores. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Indiana in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving a resident more often.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's third most favorable category turned out to be its short-term care score, where it received a grade of B-. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the last area, we awarded this nursing home a D for our long-term care category. This is the nursing home's weakest category rating. Sadly, this category pulled down the facility's overall profile to a certain degree. For patients seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Freelandville Community Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Freelandville Community Home, 7.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Freelandville Community Home, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of long-term residents which experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Freelandville Community Home, 1.96% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Freelandville Community Home, 13.37% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Freelandville Community Home, 21.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Freelandville Community Home, 12.38% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Freelandville Community Home, 91.56% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Freelandville Community Home, 16.12% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Freelandville Community Home, 17.5% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Freelandville Community Home, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Freelandville Community Home, 17.5 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.