Brickyard Healthcare – Churchman Care Center

While we did not have many positive things to say about this facility's overall grade, it did receive a somewhat respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent score in this area with a B-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. This place was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

The second most favorable area we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. In calculating these short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical facility. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The third area we analyzed is long-term care, where this facility was given a grade of C in this area. In forming our long-term care grades, we quantify the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated 65.1341 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is quite a bit below what we were hoping for. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility's worst area is nursing, which is the last area we analyzed. In this area, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. When calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This place provided a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. On top of its below average nursing hours, this place also received suboptimal marks in several of the quality-based measures we considered in determining our nursing ratings. We found that a higher percentage of this place's patients experienced falls leading to serious injury. We would argue that many falls could likely be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic contributed to this facility receiving a terrible nursing grade.