Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse is a small nursing home in Syracuse, Indiana. This nursing home is a decent facility, with an overall grade of B-. Based on all of the relevant data, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its remarkable inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse
- Nursing Home
- 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 Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its relatively modest overall score, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for its inspection grade. This grade is far more impressive than its overall grade. 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 obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. When determining our nursing scores, we factor in both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 Indiana in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a resident more frequently.
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Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's more favorable category grades came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Short-term care scores are crucial for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care. It received an abysmal F for this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. This is certainly a major disappointment. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinates 98.13084 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 7.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 1.89% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 22.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 15.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 7% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 96.04% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 10.23% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some experts believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 11.85% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 11.85% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 0% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse, 79.93% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Goshen General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.29 miles away200 High Park Ave Goshen Indiana 46526Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 364-1000
- Kosciusko Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.6 miles away2101 E Dubois Dr Warsaw Indiana 46580Proprietary(574) 267-3200
- Otis R Bowen Center for Human Services IncPsychiatric 14.77 miles away9 Pequignot Dr Pierceton Indiana 46562Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 267-7169
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Nephrology - Goshen10.46 miles away2257 Karisa Drive, Suite 1 Goshen Indiana 46526Dialysis Stations: 25 (574) 533-9031
- Fmc - Northeast Indiana Kidney Center-Warsaw13.16 miles away3334 Lake City Highway Warsaw Indiana 46580Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 269-3553
- Fmc - Nephrology - Elkhart19.79 miles away700 Waterbury Park Drive Elkhart Indiana 46517CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (574) 294-4444