Golden Living Center-Golden Rule is a large nursing home located in Richmond, Indiana. We gave this facility a C overall, which is not a bad grade. This is comparable with the city grade in Richmond, which is a B-. Based on our ratings, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its remarkable inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.
Golden Living Center-Golden Rule
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
2330 Straight Line Pike,
Richmond IN 47374
49.47% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless health inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our inspection grades are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B in our long-term care category. This is one of our higher grades. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 91.034485 percent of its residents. This is somewhat lower than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 1.78 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than the majority of nursing homes since it had some more complex patients.
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Nurse Quality
Next we wanted to quickly point out one of this facility's major weaknesses. In the area of nursing care, we gave this nursing home a lowly grade of F. Our nursing rating is based on a handful of components, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. To go along with its low total nursing hours per patient, this nursing home had bad marks in many of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining falls leading to serious injury. This place was at more than 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the last category, this facility did not perform well. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in short-term care, this is this nursing home's worst category grade. Short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types 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 final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 41.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Living Center-Golden Rule Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 7.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 3.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 1.95% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 21.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 12.55% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 91.52% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 16.15% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 17.47% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 17.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 11.18 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Golden Living Center-Golden Rule, 73.66% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Richmond, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Richmond, Indiana has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Richmond State HospitalPsychiatric 3.23 miles away498 Nw 18th St Richmond Indiana 47374Proprietary(765) 966-0511
- Reid HealthAcute Care Hospitals 4.53 miles away1100 Reid Pkwy Richmond Indiana 47374Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 983-3000
- Fayette Regional Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 16.23 miles away1941 Virginia Ave Connersville Indiana 47331Proprietary(765) 825-5131
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Richmond2.96 miles away940 Chester Blvd. Richmond Indiana 47374CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 962-5611
- Davita-Whitewater Valley Dialysis4.74 miles away2302 Chester Blvd, Suite B Richmond Indiana 47374Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 935-5128
- Fmc - Preble County Regional Dialysis, Inc.13.05 miles away450 D. Washington - Jackson Rd. Eaton Ohio 45320Dialysis Stations: 15 (937) 456-0400
- Davita - Eaton Dialysis Center13.72 miles away105 East Washington Jackson Road Eaton Ohio 45320Dialysis Stations: 12 (937) 456-1174
- Fmc - Connersville14.67 miles away6049 Industrial Avenue, North Connersville Indiana 47331Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 827-1225