Indiana Veterans Home
3851 N River Rd, West Lafayette IN 47906 · (765) 463-1502 · 49.48% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Indiana Veterans Home is one of five nursing homes located in West Lafayette, Indiana. Featuring an overall score of B+, this looks like a strong nursing home. Based on our ratings, this place looks like a good fit for most people. Fortunately, this nursing home didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 331 Beds
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Government - State
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of earning a strong overall score, this nursing home performed even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspections. We awarded it an A- for that area, which is one of our highest grades. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing grade. Nursing scores are largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This facility offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.6 hours per patient each day. This is more nursing care than nearly any other nursing home provides. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a strong long-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B in this category. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to providing very favorable levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 98.63429 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. The last datapoint we looked at was the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.11 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we rated is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B-. Although this turned out to be its worst category rating, this is nevertheless not a poor grade. Short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 18.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Indiana Veterans Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better