With an address in Portage, Indiana, Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center is one of just a couple facilities in this city. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel overall rating based on the data we assessed. Based on our ratings, this nursing home probably isn't a fit for any prospective resident. Finally, we were surprised to learn that this nursing home received a decent grade in our long-term care category. You can find more information about this category below.
Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this place'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. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second most favorable category is long-term care, but it still earned just a D in that category. This is still a relatively poor score. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category may not provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes offer. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated 88.7468 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be significantly below the national average. Surprisingly, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. There are numerous factors included in this grade. Many of these subcategories relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This number is quite a bit below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This place fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these datapoints to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we rated was short-term care, where this nursing home received a poor grade in this category also. It received an F for this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms 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. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents which had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 12.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 91.48% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 15.7% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 11.29 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brickyard Healthcare Portage Care Center, 73.78% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
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Nearby Dialysis
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