Located in Mishawaka, Indiana, Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center is one of just a few available nursing homes in this city. We gave this facility an overall grade of F. Unfortunately, the city grade for Mishawaka is not too much better. Nevertheless, you still should be able to find a better option If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Facility Inspections
While we graded this place incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home wound up receiving a a terrible grade in our long-term care area. It was given a lowly F in this area. Long-term care scores in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 93.85246 percent of its residents. This is a bit below what we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
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Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, we gave this facility an F for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care scores are crucial for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we considered the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Nurse Quality
The final area we rated is nursing. This facility received a very poor grade of F in this area. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Unfortunately, this facility also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based measures to go along with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percent of residents suffering pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This facility was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this statistic. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. This metric helped pull down this facility's nursing rating quite a bit.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 14.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 2.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that sustained a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 2.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 12.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 28.02% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 95.07% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 12.8% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 2.87% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 2.87% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 10.75% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 91.61% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.89 miles away5215 Holy Cross Pkwy Mishawaka Indiana 46545Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 335-5000
- Memorial Hospital of South BendAcute Care Hospitals 3.29 miles away615 N Michigan St South Bend Indiana 46601Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 647-1000
- Elkhart General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.34 miles away600 E Blvd Elkhart Indiana 46514Government - Local(574) 294-2621
- Community Hospital of Bremen IncCritical Access Hospitals 16.95 miles away1020 High Rd Bremen Indiana 46506Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 546-2211
- Ascension Borgess Lee HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.96 miles away420 W High St Dowagiac Michigan 49047Voluntary non-profit - Church(269) 782-8681
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Nephrology - Mishawaka0.65 miles away710 Park Place Mishawaka Indiana 46545CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (574) 273-6776
- Fmc - Nephrology - Home1.76 miles away250 E. Day Road, Suite 300 Mishawaka Indiana 46545Dialysis Stations: 2 (574) 273-6777
- Fmc - South Bend Dialysis3.57 miles away320 South Street South Bend Indiana 46601Dialysis Stations: 17 (574) 246-0752
- Davita - Irish Dialysis3.89 miles away4350 South Ironwood Dr South Bend Indiana 46614Dialysis Stations: 20 (574) 299-4529
- Davita - Dialysis South Bend West7.37 miles away5660 Nimtz Pkwy South Bend Indiana 46628Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 234-8870
- Fmc - Nephrology - Blackthorn7.53 miles away6201 Nimtz Parkway South Bend Indiana 46628CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (574) 246-7000
- Liberty Dialysis at Lakeland - Niles10.55 miles away8 Longmeadow Village Dr Niles Michigan 49120CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 684-0116
- Davita - Elkhart10.56 miles away1401 N Michigan St Elkhart Indiana 46514Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 262-5295