Miller's Merry Manor is located in Portage, Indiana, a city with a total of 38,691 people. This nursing home turns out to be an A rated facility. This nursing home received one of the top grades we offer. A grade of this caliber requires superb marks across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top ten percent of all facilities in the nation. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Miller's Merry Manor
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong nursing home overall, it also received A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections are nearly perfect. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its top-shelf resume, this nursing home also received a superb short-term care grade, with a grade of A. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is often a meaningful measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was awarded a top-shelf grade of A in our long-term care category. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our fourth area, this nursing home also performed well in the nursing category. We gave it an A- in this category. This finalized truly elite profile. Nursing scores are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Miller's Merry Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Miller's Merry Manor, 4.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Miller's Merry Manor, 4.12% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Miller's Merry Manor, 7.29% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Miller's Merry Manor, 2.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Miller's Merry Manor, 7.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Miller's Merry Manor, 2.15% of Patients
This is the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Miller's Merry Manor, 99.02% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Miller's Merry Manor, 9.21% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Miller's Merry Manor, 11.31% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Miller's Merry Manor, 11.31% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Miller's Merry Manor, 8.59% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Miller's Merry Manor, 73.17% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
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- Franciscan Health HammondAcute Care Hospitals 17.72 miles away5454 Hohman Ave Hammond Indiana 46320Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 932-2300
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Portage Dialysis Center0.51 miles away5950 Us Highway 6 Portage Indiana 46368Dialysis Stations: 17 (219) 762-5731
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- Merrillville North Dialysis Center8.46 miles away6059 Broadway Merrillville Indiana 46410CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (219) 980-1090