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Life Care Center of the Willows

  • Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Life Care Center of the Willows's website

1000 Elizabeth Dr,
Valparaiso IN 46383

(219) 464-4858

61.4% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of the Willows is an average-sized nursing home located in Valparaiso, Indiana. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a subpar nursing home. Valparaiso received a city grade of B-, so there are some other options in the city worth considering. The only positive thing we can really say about this place is that it did not receive any F's in in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

While this place's overall score was not a highlight, it actually received a very good grade in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better grades. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid nursing homes that have too many severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

We also awarded this nursing home a respectable grade in the area of short-term care, with a grade of C. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 3.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. When computing a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next category we looked at is long-term care, which was this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this facility a D in that category. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. One of the data points we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.06542 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Life Care Center of the Willows Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 7.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients which experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 1.96% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 13.37% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 21.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 12.38% of Patients

This is the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 91.56% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 16.12% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 17.5% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 17.5 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 11.23 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Life Care Center of the Willows, 73.53% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Valparaiso, IN

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

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

Nearby Hospitals

  • Porter Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.05 miles away85 East Us Hwy 6 Valparaiso Indiana 46383Proprietary(219) 983-8300
  • St Mary Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 11.4 miles away1500 S Lake Park Ave Hobart Indiana 46342Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 942-0551
  • Franciscan Health Crown PointAcute Care Hospitals 17.56 miles away1201 S Main St Crown Point Indiana 46307Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 757-6100
  • Methodist Hospitals IncAcute Care Hospitals 18.23 miles away600 Grant St Gary Indiana 46402Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 886-4000
  • La Porte HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.89 miles away1007 Lincolnway La Porte Indiana 46350Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 326-1234

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Valparaiso0.87 miles away606 E Lincolnway Valparaiso Indiana 46383Dialysis Stations: 22 (219) 531-1299
  • Valparaiso Dialysis1.54 miles away2711 Leonard Drive Suite 100 Valparaiso Indiana 46383Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 462-1233
  • Fmc - Portage Dialysis Center8.84 miles away5950 Us Highway 6 Portage Indiana 46368Dialysis Stations: 17 (219) 762-5731
  • Davita - Portage9.03 miles away5823 Us Hwy 6 Portage Indiana 46368Dialysis Stations: 16 (219) 764-0564
  • Dsi - Coffee Creek Dialysis9.28 miles away3100 Village Point, Suite 101 Chesterton Indiana 46304Dialysis Stations: 19 (219) 395-8020
  • Dialysis Center of Portage LLC9.37 miles away5615 Us Highway 6 Portage Indiana 46368Dialysis Stations: 17 (219) 762-4848
  • Davita - Chesterton9.7 miles away711 Plaza Drive, Suite 6 Chesterton Indiana 46304Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 926-6049
  • Fmc - Hobart11.91 miles away1330 S. Wisconsin Street Hobart Indiana 46342CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (219) 947-9289

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=155158