Golden Living Center-Bloomington
155 E Burks Dr, Bloomington IN 47401 · (812) 332-4437 · 82.35% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Golden Living Center-Bloomington is a large government-owned nursing home in Bloomington, Indiana. With a rock bottom overall grade of F, this nursing home didn't fare well in our assessment. If you are not happy with this facility's relatively poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are six other nursing homes in Bloomington. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 153 Beds
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Government - County
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. Our nursing score is largely associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Although this facility did not have as many nursing hours as many other nursing homes we looked at, it was still better than average in the area of avoiding falls.
Long-term Care Quality
Incredibly, we awarded this facility a grade of C for our long-term care score, which isn't a bad grade. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 97.85867 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.13 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's worst area was short-term care, which is the last area we assessed. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of D. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is often a solid assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. In this nursing home's case, we found that it offers less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 32.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Living Center-Bloomington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened 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 percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better