Lutheran Community Home

Nursing Home
Independent Living
Assisted Living
Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Lutheran Community Home's website

111 W Church Ave,
Seymour IN 47274

(812) 522-5927

71.63% estimated occupancy ¹

Lutheran Community Home is the sole nursing home we identified in Seymour, Indiana. This nursing home turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. You could certainly do much worse than this place. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Optometry
Audiology
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Indiana Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Seymour, Indiana Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ short-term care grade. Our short-term care scores are important for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing scores are primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Facility Inspections

Turning to another of this facility's strengths, it also received a very impressive inspection grade. Inspections turned out to be one of its best category grades. In that category, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Switching gears to our final category, this facility was awarded a respectable long-term care score. Although this isn't as impressive as many of its other scores, this is still a middle of the pack score. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 86.41115 percent of its residents against pneumonia. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Lutheran Community Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Lutheran Community Home, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Lutheran Community Home, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who experienced a fall resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Lutheran Community Home, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Lutheran Community Home, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Lutheran Community Home, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Lutheran Community Home, 14.48% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Lutheran Community Home, 91.03% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Lutheran Community Home, 15.46% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Lutheran Community Home, 12.91% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Lutheran Community Home, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Lutheran Community Home, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Lutheran Community Home, 12.43 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Lutheran Community Home, 73.74% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Schneck Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.98 miles away411 W Tipton St Seymour Indiana 47274Government - Local(812) 522-2349
St Vincent Jennings Hospital IncCritical Access Hospitals 14.14 miles away301 Henry St North Vernon Indiana 47265Voluntary non-profit - Church(812) 352-4200
Scott Memorial HealthCritical Access Hospitals 17.27 miles away1451 N Gardner St Scottsburg Indiana 47170Proprietary(812) 752-3456
Columbus Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.91 miles away2400 E 17th St Columbus Indiana 47201Government - Local(812) 379-4441

Nearby Dialysis

Fmc - Seymour1.22 miles away200 East Third Street Seymour Indiana 47274Dialysis Stations: 12 (812) 524-9885
Davita - North Vernon Dialysis Center16.64 miles away2340 North State Hwy 7., Ste A North Vernon Indiana 47265Dialysis Stations: 10 (812) 352-8150
Fmc - Scott County Dialysis18.25 miles away130 N. Westavia Blvd Scottsburg Indiana 47170Dialysis Stations: 12 (812) 754-0630
Davita - Scottsburg Dialysis18.46 miles away1619 W. Mcclain Ave. Scottsburg Indiana 47170Dialysis Stations: 8 (812) 752-5249
Fmc - Columbus Bartholomew18.98 miles away2325 18th Street, Suite 120 Columbus Indiana 47201CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (812) 375-0254