Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized government-owned facility located in Angola, Indiana. This nursing home was given an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. As far as we can see, you would be better off to steer clear of this facility. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, we gave this facility some really poor grades. Among them were its F for its long-term care grade. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 98.283264 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Short-term Care Quality
Included in this facility's litany of low-end grades was its F in the area of short-term care. Our short-term care scores are arguably most important for folks requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this nursing home offers far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average nursing home. The final item we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home.
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Facility Inspections
Among this place's alarming category grades was an F for its inspection score. Typically, this indicates we found red flags on the nursing home's inspection reports. When a place has this poor of an inspection rating, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. Tragically, this place had one category L deficiency. This type of deficiency indicates widespread threats to patient safety or health. This type of deficiency is toxic to a facility's inspection rating. Lastly, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this place received large government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This often signifies that a poor performance has been an issue for multiple years.
Nurse Quality
The last area we scored was nursing. We gave it a lowly F in this category, which is a rock bottom score. The nursing score analyzes a handful of subcategories, most of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This facility offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is well below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents that sustained falls which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.89% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 91.48% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.7% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.29 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 73.78% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cameron Memorial Community Hospital IncCritical Access Hospitals 0.39 miles away416 E Maumee St Angola Indiana 46703Voluntary non-profit - Private(260) 665-2141
- Dekalb HealthAcute Care Hospitals 19.05 miles away1316 E Seventh St Auburn Indiana 46706Voluntary non-profit - Private(260) 925-4600
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita- Quad Counties Dialysis Center19.15 miles away528 N Grandstaff Drive Auburn Indiana 46706Dialysis Stations: 9 (260) 927-0100
- Fmc - Dekalb County Dialysis19.63 miles away1144 West 15th Street Auburn Indiana 46706Dialysis Stations: 12 (260) 927-1309