With an address in Franklin, Indiana, Hickory Creek at Franklin is one of just a few nursing homes there. Featuring an overall score of B, this appears to be a very respectable option. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this facility. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Hickory Creek at Franklin
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, this place also excelled in our inspections category, where it received a grade of A+. Not many facilities performed better in this area. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded an impressive long-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this category. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 65.17857 percent of its patients. This is slightly lower than we were hoping for. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was given its next best category grade in the category of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable score. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at was nursing, which ended up being this facility's worst area. We gave this facility a grade of D in that category. Unfortunately, this grade hurt the nursing home's overall grade a bit. We analyzed the levels of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses spent with residents, in computing our score in this category. This place averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hickory Creek at Franklin Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who had falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 14.48% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 91.03% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hickory Creek at Franklin, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Johnson Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.07 miles away1125 W Jefferson St Franklin Indiana 46131Government - Local(317) 736-3300
- Community Hospital SouthAcute Care Hospitals 10.63 miles away1402 E County Line Rd S Indianapolis Indiana 46227Voluntary non-profit - Private(317) 887-7000
- Franciscan Health IndianapolisAcute Care Hospitals 10.89 miles away8111 S Emerson Ave Indianapolis Indiana 46237Voluntary non-profit - Church(317) 528-5000
- Major HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.6 miles away2451 Intelliplex Dr Shelbyville Indiana 46176Government - Local(317) 392-3211
- Franciscan Health MooresvilleAcute Care Hospitals 17.53 miles away1201 Hadley Rd Mooresville Indiana 46158Voluntary non-profit - Church(317) 831-1160
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Dialysis - Franklin1.04 miles away1140 W Jefferson Street, Suite A Franklin Indiana 46131Dialysis Stations: 14 (317) 736-4304
- Fmc - Franklin1.08 miles away1159 West Jefferson St., Suite 201 Franklin Indiana 46131Dialysis Stations: 12 (317) 736-0465
- Us Renal Care-Greenwood Renal Center8.79 miles away125 Airport Parkway, Suite 140 Greenwood Indiana 46143CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (317) 883-1280
- Davita - Indy South Dialysis9.67 miles away972 Emerson Parkway, Suite E Greenwood Indiana 46143Dialysis Stations: 12 (317) 881-0641
- Fmc - Indianapolis-South10.8 miles away1350 E County Line Rd Suite L Indianapolis Indiana 46227Dialysis Stations: 16 (317) 865-8520
- Indiana Dialysis Company11.48 miles away7840 Madison Ave Indianapolis Indiana 46227CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (317) 300-9400
- Fresenius Medical Care Indiana, LLC12.58 miles away6826 Madison Avenue Indianapolis Indiana 46227Dialysis Stations: 24 (317) 791-8362
- Davita - Blue River Valley Renal Center14.64 miles away2309 S Miller Street Ste 100 Shelbyville Indiana 46176Dialysis Stations: 11 (317) 398-0486