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 We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- 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
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the category of nursing, where it earned an C. Few places performed better in this area. Our nursing rating is largely tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed well in this subcategory. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning patients more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the category of long-term care, this nursing home was awarded just a D in this category. Long-term care scores of this caliber 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 considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 93.15069 percent of its patients. This is slightly below what we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we scored is short-term care. This nursing home was given a very poor grade of F in that category. In calculating these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. With a grade this poor in this category, we were not shocked to learn this nursing home was well below average in several staffing areas we focus on. It provided significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. The last metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.5 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.
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, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who suffered falls which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from urinary tract infections. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 12.89% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 91.48% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 15.7% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 11.29 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center, 73.78% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
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