Indian Lake Rehabilitation Center

While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

One of this facility's better category scores came in the area of short-term care. This turned out to be its second most favorable category. In that category, we gave this facility a B-. Our short-term care scores are considered to be most important for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. The nursing grade analyzes a handful of datapoints, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a low total compared with most other nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. It scored well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

The final category we looked at is long-term care. This facility was given a grade of C in the category. Long-term care grades are commonly used to score a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.