Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame is a small non-profit nursing home located in Notre Dame, Indiana. This nursing home turns out to be an A+ facility. Receiving an A+ in our rating scheme takes first-rate scores across the board. Based on our assessment, this place is simply as good as it gets. This facility also received impressive ratings in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This exemplary facility also dominated in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Very few facilities performed better in this category. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is considered to be a meaningful measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third category we looked at was long-term care. Contributing to its high-end profile, this facility also performed well in this category. In fact, we gave it a grade of of A for the category. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last area we analyzed was nursing, where this facility was given a grade of A-. This rounded out a very strong profile. Not many facilities received an A- or better in each of our categories. Our nursing score assesses quite a few data points, however, the main one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 9.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 4.32% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 1.56% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percent of long-term care residents which have had urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 6.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 5.17% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 100% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 21.74% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 17.7% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 17.7% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 6.96% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame, 70.25% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.