Health Center at Glenburn Home
618 W Glenburn Road, Linton IN 47441 · (812) 847-2221 · 87.98% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Health Center at Glenburn Home is a large non-profit facility in Linton, Indiana. It looks like this nursing home is among the best nursing homes we found. A grade in this range requires excellent marks across the board. We were impressed enough to rank this facility as one of the 50 best facilities in Indiana. Headlining this facility's exemplary report card is its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 149 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving an elite overall score, this facility also received an A+ inspection rating. This is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient daily, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With under 5 percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any facility Indiana in this category. This is typically an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be prevented by offering better nursing care and a system of moving patients more often.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home also was awarded favorable long-term care scores this year. In fact, we gave it one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a score of B+. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of offering well above average levels of nurse staffing, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.579834 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.36 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we graded, this facility was awarded a very favorable grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this score, the facility finished off a very impressive report card. With our short-term care grade, we try to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that it was respectable in this area with 49.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Health Center at Glenburn Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better