Golden Living Center - Willow Springs
2002 West 86th Street, Indianapolis IN 46260 · (317) 872-8811 · 74.1% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Golden Living Center - Willow Springs is in the large metropolitan area of Indianapolis, Indiana. This facility received an extremely poor overall rating based on the data we looked at. We rated this as one of the ten worst rated facilities in Indianapolis. In a city with countless other nursing homes, you ought to be able to find a better option. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection grade. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 134 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this nursing home a poor overall grade, we awarded it a B for our inspections category. This was the result of the facility receiving a quality inspection report this year. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't perform poorly in the category of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B- in that area, which ended up being among its more respectable grades. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. It offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was a much stronger area for this facility. This place outperformed most nursing homes in this metric with 58.4 percent of its patients returning home. This really helped its grade in this area.
Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. Our nursing score weighs quite a few factors, however, the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. With just 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were far below average. This facility also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its weak nursing hour totals. We looked at the percentage of residents suffering pressure ulcers and we were very disappointed. This nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this area. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that so many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. This metric helped pull down this facility's nursing score quite a bit.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is long-term care, where this nursing home received a poor grade here as well. It received an abysmal F in this category, which is definitely a major disappointment. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 97.32442 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is not nearly as favorable than its vaccination record.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Living Center - Willow Springs Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents who experienced falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better