Pleasant View Lodge is a nursing home located in Mc Cordsville, Indiana. The city has 10,193 people. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the higher-graded nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top quarter of all facilities in the nation. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category ratings, which are also impressive. It is hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
Pleasant View Lodge
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. When determining our nursing ratings, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 the state 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 by employing a policy of turning patients even once per day.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our third category, we awarded this facility a score of A- for its short-term care score. This is a very impressive score. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. 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 who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed was long-term care, where this nursing home was given a B. Although this proved to be its poorest category score, this is still a strong score. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pleasant View Lodge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pleasant View Lodge, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pleasant View Lodge, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pleasant View Lodge, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which have had urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pleasant View Lodge, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pleasant View Lodge, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pleasant View Lodge, 12.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pleasant View Lodge, 91.48% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pleasant View Lodge, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Nearby Hospitals
- Community Hospital NorthAcute Care Hospitals 6.29 miles away7150 Clearvista Dr Indianapolis Indiana 46256Voluntary non-profit - Private(317) 621-5335
- Community Hospital EastAcute Care Hospitals 8.12 miles away1500 N Ritter Ave Indianapolis Indiana 46219Voluntary non-profit - Private(317) 355-5411
- Neurodiagnostic InstitutePsychiatric 8.17 miles away5435 E 16th St Indianapolis Indiana 46218Government - State(317) 941-4000
- St Vincent Fishers Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 9.8 miles away13861 Olio Road Fishers Indiana 46037Voluntary non-profit - Private(317) 415-9000
- Hancock Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.94 miles away801 N State St Greenfield Indiana 46140Government - Local(317) 462-5544
- Indiana University HealthAcute Care Hospitals 12.42 miles away1701 N Senate Blvd Indianapolis Indiana 46202Voluntary non-profit - Private(317) 962-5900
- St Vincent Heart Center of Indiana LLCAcute Care Hospitals 12.88 miles away10580 N Meridian St Indianapolis Indiana 46290Proprietary(317) 583-5000
- Eskenazi HealthAcute Care Hospitals 13.07 miles away720 Eskenazi Avenue Indianapolis Indiana 46202Government - Local(317) 880-4818
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc-Indianapolis Northeast3.41 miles away9140 Harrison Park Drive Indianapolis Indiana 46216Dialysis Stations: 13 (317) 543-5128
- Fmc - Shadeland Station5.69 miles away7155 Shadeland Station Ste 130 Indianapolis Indiana 46256CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (317) 578-8401
- Fmc - Irvington6.79 miles away1740 Industry Drive Suite A Indianapolis Indiana 46219Dialysis Stations: 6 (317) 353-8207
- Fmc - Indianapolis-East6.82 miles away6701 E. 21st Street Indianapolis Indiana 46219CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (317) 358-1037
- Davita - Indy East7.8 miles away1208 N Arlington Ave Indianapolis Indiana 46219CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (317) 353-6315
- Fmc - Fishers Dialysis7.81 miles away13648 Olivia Way Fishers Indiana 46037Dialysis Stations: 12 (317) 773-6638
- Fmc - Greenfield9.86 miles away1051 North State Street Greenfield Indiana 46140Dialysis Stations: 12 (317) 462-4743
- Fmc-Indianapolis Midtown10.47 miles away3007 Dr Andrew J Brown Avenue Indianapolis Indiana 46205CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (317) 924-8104