Park Place Health and Wellness Center is a small non-profit nursing home located in Saint John, Indiana. We gave this facility an B+ overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the United States. As far as we can see, this facility is a solid choice for quite a few people. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Park Place Health and Wellness Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
10820 Park Place,
Saint John IN 46373
96.2% estimated occupancy 1
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home really excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. This nursing home is substantially above the national average in terms of its quantity of both physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. In fact, it provided about 50% more care per resident from both of these care providers than the average facility provided. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes with 63.6 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed well in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A. Inspection ratings are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. There are numerous subcategories included in this grade. Most of these criteria relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.8 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is among the better figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by these figures. On top of providing high levels of care, this facility also performed well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented with better nursing care and having a policy of regularly turning residents to prevent bed sores.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed is long-term care, in which this nursing home received a C. Even though this is its worst category rating, this is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. Long-term care grades are commonly used to assess a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a rehabilitation facility. Although we determined this facility had a favorable amount of nursing care provided by nurses and other nursing staff, we found its vaccination rate to be somewhat lower than we expected. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 70.83333 percent of its residents. This is a statistic we'd love to see this facility bring up. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Park Place Health and Wellness Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 7.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 3.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents that suffered falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 1.95% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 21.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 12.55% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 91.52% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 16.15% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 17.47% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 17.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 11.18 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Park Place Health and Wellness Center, 73.66% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Franciscan Health Crown PointAcute Care Hospitals 4.36 miles away1201 S Main St Crown Point Indiana 46307Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 757-6100
- Franciscan Health DyerAcute Care Hospitals 6.54 miles away24 Joliet St Dyer Indiana 46311Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 865-2141
- Franciscan Health MunsterAcute Care Hospitals 8.72 miles away701 Superior Ave Munster Indiana 46321Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 922-4200
- Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.39 miles away901 Macarthur Blvd Munster Indiana 46321Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 836-1600
- St Mary Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 11.33 miles away1500 S Lake Park Ave Hobart Indiana 46342Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 942-0551
- Methodist Hospitals IncAcute Care Hospitals 13.02 miles away600 Grant St Gary Indiana 46402Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 886-4000
- Franciscan Health HammondAcute Care Hospitals 13.9 miles away5454 Hohman Ave Hammond Indiana 46320Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 932-2300
- St Catherine Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 14.64 miles away4321 Fir St East Chicago Indiana 46312Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 392-7004
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - St. John Dialysis1.74 miles away10033 Wicker Ave Saint John Indiana 46373Dialysis Stations: 16 (219) 365-5043
- Fmc - Crown Point3.99 miles away851 W. Burrell St. Crown Point Indiana 46307CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (219) 662-2648
- Schererville Dialysis Center4.21 miles away1534 Us Highway 41 Schererville Indiana 46375Dialysis Stations: 17 (219) 322-5448
- Davita - Merrillville Dialysis4.47 miles away9223 Taft Street Merrillville Indiana 46410Dialysis Stations: 16 (219) 793-9035
- Fmc - Merrillville Dialysis Center5.95 miles away550 West 84th Drive Merrillville Indiana 46410CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (219) 795-1990
- Fmc - Dyer6.36 miles away2150 Gettler Street, Suite 105 Dyer Indiana 46311Dialysis Stations: 24 (219) 322-3710
- Home Dialysis Services Merrillville, LLC6.6 miles away200 East 80th Place Suite 2 Merrillville Indiana 46410Dialysis Stations: 1 (219) 472-0379
- Fmc - Griffith8.03 miles away926 N. Broad Street Griffith Indiana 46319Dialysis Stations: 17 (219) 838-7777