Providence Health Care Center is a small non-profit facility located in Saint Mary Of The Woods, Indiana. With an overall grade of A-, this is undoubtedly a high quality facility. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also impressive. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
Providence Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this proved to be its best category. In this category, we awarded this facility an A. The nursing score weighs a variety of subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home 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 generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its fine resume, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home has earned near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed is long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home an above average grade of B. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 92.67016 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be a few points less than we expected but still a respectable percentage. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Providence Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Providence Health Care Center, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Providence Health Care Center, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents that had falls leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Providence Health Care Center, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Providence Health Care Center, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents which are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Providence Health Care Center, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term care residents that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Providence Health Care Center, 14.48% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Providence Health Care Center, 91.03% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Providence Health Care Center, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Providence Health Care Center, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Providence Health Care Center, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Providence Health Care Center, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Providence Health Care Center, 12.43 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Providence Health Care Center, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Union Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 3.46 miles away1606 N Seventh St Terre Haute Indiana 47804Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 238-7606
- Terre Haute Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.13 miles away3901 S Seventh St Terre Haute Indiana 47802Proprietary(812) 232-0021
- Union Hospital ClintonCritical Access Hospitals 10.14 miles away801 S Main St Clinton Indiana 47842Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 832-1234
- Paris Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.21 miles away721 E Court Street Paris Illinois 61944Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 465-4141
- St Vincent Clay Hospital IncCritical Access Hospitals 18.57 miles away1206 E National Ave Brazil Indiana 47834Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 442-2500
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Terre Haute North3.1 miles away351 Maiden Lane Terre Haute Indiana 47804CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (812) 238-1400
- Davita-Terre Haute Dialysis3.37 miles away504 6th Avenue Terre Haute Indiana 47807Dialysis Stations: 13 (812) 231-8560
- Biomedical Application of Indiana6.01 miles away4001 East Wabash Avenue Terre Haute Indiana 47803Dialysis Stations: 2 (812) 234-1242
- Fmc - Terre Haute South7.51 miles away315 East Springhill Dr. Terre Haute Indiana 47802Dialysis Stations: 17 (812) 234-0020
- Fmc - Vigo County12.26 miles away1705 E Industrial Drive Terre Haute Indiana 47802Dialysis Stations: 16 (812) 298-8043
- Davita Brazil Dialysis18.63 miles away115 S. Murphy Avenue Brazil Indiana 47834Dialysis Stations: 9 (812) 442-8481