Golden Living Center-Muncie is an average-sized facility in Muncie, Indiana. This nursing home was given an alarming overall score based on the data we assessed. Keep in mind that Muncie received a city grade of C, so should look at other options in the city as well. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
Golden Living Center-Muncie
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Note: Golden Living Center-Muncie has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. 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.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't perform terribly in the area of long-term care. Indeed, we gave it a C in that category, which turned out to be another one of its higher grades. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 95.4054 percent of its patients, which is higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's next highest category is short-term care. However, with a grade of D in this area, it still fared relatively badly. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more meaningful for folks requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically mandates more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. With its poor score in this area, we weren't surprised to find this nursing home provides significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Nurse Quality
The next area we analyzed was nursing, which proved to be a weak spot for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a grade of just D for nursing. Our nursing score assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. With just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this place's nurse staffing levels were significantly below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This place fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Living Center-Muncie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percent of long-term care residents which are suffering from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 12.89% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 91.48% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 15.7% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 11.29 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Golden Living Center-Muncie, 73.78% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Muncie, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- 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-minus
Looking for more options? Muncie, Indiana has 10 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.53 miles away2401 University Ave Muncie Indiana 47303Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 747-3111
- Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAcute Care Hospitals 14.91 miles away1515 N Madison Ave Anderson Indiana 46011Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 298-4242
- St Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 15.53 miles away2015 Jackson St Anderson Indiana 46016Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 646-8373
- Indiana University Health Blackford HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.88 miles away410 Pilgrim Blvd Hartford City Indiana 47348Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 348-0300
- Henry County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.2 miles away1000 N 16th St New Castle Indiana 47362Government - Local(765) 521-0890
Nearby Dialysis
- Dsi - North Muncie1.49 miles away2705 W North Street Muncie Indiana 47303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (765) 747-3020
- Fmc - Muncie Dialysis2.4 miles away4021 West Kilgore Ave. Muncie Indiana 47304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 284-3049
- Davita - Muncie2.87 miles away820 E Mcgalliard Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 282-1266
- Dsi - North Granville Dialysis Clinic2.95 miles away3001 North Granville Ave. Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 16 (765) 288-3740
- Fmc - Dialysis Institute of Anderson15.47 miles away1815 Jackson St. Anderson Indiana 46016CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 649-4792
- Us Renal Care-Daleville15.96 miles away2220 E. 59th Street Anderson Indiana 46013Dialysis Stations: 13 (765) 378-1735
- Fmc New Castle19.49 miles away101 Emerson Avenue New Castle Indiana 47362Dialysis Stations: 21 (765) 521-0938