Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City is a nursing home in Hartford City, Indiana, a city with a population of 9,828 people. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our more impressive scores. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the country. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- 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
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home earned near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A+ in this area. Inspection scores are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home was given a high-end grade of A in our short-term care area. In forming these short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was superb in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Only a select group of facilities received a better grade in this area. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This is a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
The next category we graded was nursing. This facility was awarded a strong nursing score in our assessment, with a C. Although this is not quite as strong as a few of its other scores, this remains a respectable score in this category. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who have suffered falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 14.48% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 91.03% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 12.43 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Miller's Merry Manor - Hartford City, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Indiana University Health Blackford HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 2.05 miles away410 Pilgrim Blvd Hartford City Indiana 47348Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 348-0300
- Marion General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.67 miles away441 N Wabash Ave Marion Indiana 46952Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 660-6000
- Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.03 miles away2401 University Ave Muncie Indiana 47303Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 747-3111
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Muncie15.49 miles away820 E Mcgalliard Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 282-1266
- Dsi - North Granville Dialysis Clinic15.58 miles away3001 North Granville Ave. Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 16 (765) 288-3740
- Dsi - North Muncie17.1 miles away2705 W North Street Muncie Indiana 47303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (765) 747-3020
- Fmc - Grant County Dialysis17.85 miles away1797 West Kem Road Marion Indiana 46952CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 662-9792
- Fmc - Muncie Dialysis18.31 miles away4021 West Kilgore Ave. Muncie Indiana 47304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 284-3049