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Lowell Healthcare

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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710 Michigan St,
Lowell IN 46356

(219) 491-1629

90.34% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Lowell, Indiana, Lowell Healthcare is one of just two available nursing homes in this area. Sporting an overall score of B-, this looks like a solid facility. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this place's profile was its remarkable inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - County
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this category. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's long-term care score appears to be one of its better features. The facility was awarded a B- in this area. For patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.62543 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable percentage. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's next most favorable category was its short-term care score, where it received a C. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The next area we looked at is nursing, which ended up being this facility's worst category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that area. Sadly, this grade pulled down the facility's overall grade to some degree. The nursing rating assesses a handful of components, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is well below average. On top of its subpar nursing hours, this nursing home received poor scores in many of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We found that a higher percentage of this nursing home's residents suffered falls which led to serious injury. We believe that many falls could be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic contributed to this place receiving a terrible nursing score.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Lowell Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Lowell Healthcare, 3.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Lowell Healthcare, 4.47% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Lowell Healthcare, 2.12% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Lowell Healthcare, 8.76% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Lowell Healthcare, 14.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Lowell Healthcare, 24.83% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Lowell Healthcare, 99.31% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Lowell Healthcare, 7.47% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Lowell Healthcare, 6.17% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Lowell Healthcare, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Lowell Healthcare, 6.17% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 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+

In Lowell Healthcare, 0% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Lowell Healthcare, 69.65% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Franciscan Health DyerAcute Care Hospitals 14.84 miles away24 Joliet St Dyer Indiana 46311Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 865-2141
  • St Mary Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 17.15 miles away1500 S Lake Park Ave Hobart Indiana 46342Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 942-0551
  • Franciscan Health MunsterAcute Care Hospitals 17.45 miles away701 Superior Ave Munster Indiana 46321Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 922-4200
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Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Crown Point6.89 miles away851 W. Burrell St. Crown Point Indiana 46307CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (219) 662-2648
  • Davita - St. John Dialysis10.16 miles away10033 Wicker Ave Saint John Indiana 46373Dialysis Stations: 16 (219) 365-5043
  • Davita - Merrillville Dialysis11.21 miles away9223 Taft Street Merrillville Indiana 46410Dialysis Stations: 16 (219) 793-9035
  • Fmc - Merrillville Dialysis Center12.42 miles away550 West 84th Drive Merrillville Indiana 46410CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (219) 795-1990
  • Home Dialysis Services Merrillville, LLC13.1 miles away200 East 80th Place Suite 2 Merrillville Indiana 46410Dialysis Stations: 1 (219) 472-0379
  • Schererville Dialysis Center13.12 miles away1534 Us Highway 41 Schererville Indiana 46375Dialysis Stations: 17 (219) 322-5448
  • Fmc - Dyer14.71 miles away2150 Gettler Street, Suite 105 Dyer Indiana 46311Dialysis Stations: 24 (219) 322-3710
  • Merrillville North Dialysis Center15.33 miles away6059 Broadway Merrillville Indiana 46410CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (219) 980-1090