Orchard Pointe Health Campus is located in Kendallville, Indiana, a city with a population of 15,062 people. With an overall grade of A, this is undoubtedly an elite facility. In addition, this is a hospital-based nursing home, which may add peace of mind for prospective residents with significant health conditions. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category grades. It is hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Orchard Pointe Health Campus
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
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Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best scores in that area with an A+. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its high-end profile, this facility also was given a strong long-term care grade, with a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.26471 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Moving on our third category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for its short-term care grade. This is a dominant score. Our short-term care grade is often employed to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
In the final area, we gave this nursing home a A+ for its nursing score. This wrapped up an elite report card. In calculating a facility's nursing score, we consider the number of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning patients even once per day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Orchard Pointe Health Campus Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 3.31% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 2.94% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 1.55% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 10.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 9.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 10.77% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 95.63% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 11.71% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 16.53% of Residents
This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 16.53% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 7.54% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Orchard Pointe Health Campus, 68.65% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Parkview Noble HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.24 miles away401 Sawyer Rd Kendallville Indiana 46755Voluntary non-profit - Private(260) 347-8700
- Dekalb HealthAcute Care Hospitals 14.52 miles away1316 E Seventh St Auburn Indiana 46706Voluntary non-profit - Private(260) 925-4600
- Parkview Lagrange HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.01 miles away207 N Townline Rd Lagrange Indiana 46761Voluntary non-profit - Private(260) 463-9000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Kendallville Renal Care Center0.04 miles away602 Sawyer Road Kendallville Indiana 46755CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (260) 599-0423
- Fmc - Dekalb County Dialysis12.7 miles away1144 West 15th Street Auburn Indiana 46706Dialysis Stations: 12 (260) 927-1309
- Davita- Quad Counties Dialysis Center12.87 miles away528 N Grandstaff Drive Auburn Indiana 46706Dialysis Stations: 9 (260) 927-0100