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Indiana Veterans Home

  • Nursing Home
  • For people with disabilities
  • Independent Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Indiana Veterans Home's website

3851 N River Rd,
West Lafayette IN 47906

(765) 463-1502

39.08% estimated occupancy 1

Indiana Veterans Home is a very-large government-owned nursing home in West Lafayette, Indiana. Featuring an overall score of A-, this is without a doubt a very impressive nursing home. As a matter of fact, this proved to be the top facility in the city. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card was its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - State
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Pharmacy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. There are several datapoints included in this grade. Many of the factors reflect nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a resident more often.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also was awarded a very impressive short-term care grade. This actually turned out to be its second strongest category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a score of A. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Additionally, this nursing home also was given favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we gave them one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of B+. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 98.401825 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep 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.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Finishing off its excellent profile, this nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections, which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better grades. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Indiana Veterans Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Indiana Veterans Home, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Indiana Veterans Home, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Indiana Veterans Home, 12.89% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 91.48% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Indiana Veterans Home, 15.74% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Indiana Veterans Home, 15.7% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Indiana Veterans Home, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Indiana Veterans Home, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Indiana Veterans Home, 11.29 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.

Scores for West Lafayette, IN

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? West Lafayette, Indiana has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Franciscan Health LafayetteAcute Care Hospitals 5.9 miles away1701 S Creasy Ln Lafayette Indiana 47905Voluntary non-profit - Church(765) 502-4334
  • Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.25 miles away5165 Mccarty Ln Lafayette Indiana 47905Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 448-8000
  • Indiana University Health White Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.15 miles away720 South Sixth St Monticello Indiana 47960Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 583-7111

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Liberty Dialysis - Lafayette Ii3.07 miles away1020 N 18th Street Lafayette Indiana 47904CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (765) 420-8000
  • Lafayette at Home4.27 miles away2 Executive Drive, Suite B Lafayette Indiana 47905Dialysis Stations: 4 (765) 446-1627
  • Us Renal Care Lafayette Dialysis5.28 miles away915 B Mezzanine Drive Lafayette Indiana 47905CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 448-4851