Golden Living Center-Indianapolis is an average-sized nursing home located in Indianapolis, Indiana. With a really poor overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. Keep in mind that Indianapolis received a city grade of C, so should consider some other options in the city as well. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection reports. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category grades
Golden Living Center-Indianapolis
- Nursing Home
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Dialysis 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
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. This facility was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility's second best score is long-term care. However, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed somewhat badly. Long-term care grades 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 assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to only 48.605576 percent of its patients, which is slightly concerning. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
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Nurse Quality
This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. Our nursing score is largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these metrics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the fourth category, this facility really did not fare well here either. With a rock bottom grade of F in short-term care, this is really as as uninspiring as it gets. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This score is typically a meaningful measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. With a score this poor in this area, we weren't surprised to find that this place was well below average in several staffing areas we focus on. The facility provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Living Center-Indianapolis Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 7.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 1.96% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 13.37% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for treating a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 21.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 12.38% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients showing symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 91.56% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 16.12% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 17.5% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 17.5 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 11.23 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Golden Living Center-Indianapolis, 73.53% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Indianapolis, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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