Golden Living Center-Mishawaka
811 E 12th Street, Mishawaka IN 46544 · (574) 259-1917 · 62.64% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Golden Living Center-Mishawaka is an average-sized government-owned nursing home in Mishawaka, Indiana. This is not a bad nursing home with a C overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Mishawaka. You could definitely do worse than this place. This place did not fare well in every category we looked at, but it did not receive any terrible grades either. More information about these categories is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 87 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this nursing home really outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in this area with an A-. Our inspection grades are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 11 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a strong score in long-term care. This nursing home earned a B+ in this area, which happens to be one of our better scores. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. After we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 94.47237 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing rating. We gave this facility an D. The nursing score includes many factors. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. Unfortunately, this place also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its low nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This place was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our next category, we awarded this facility a grade of D in the area of short-term care. This is the nursing home's worst category rating. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Considering its score in this category, we were not surprised to learn that this place is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients based on the figures we assessed. Frankly, this was about what we expected to find. The final metric we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 43.2 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Living Center-Mishawaka Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better