Pulaski Health Care Center
624 E 13th St, Winamac IN 46996 · (574) 946-3394 · 70.86% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Pulaski Health Care Center is a small government-owned nursing home in Winamac, Indiana. Featuring an overall rating of B-, this looks like a respectable facility. This nursing home seems to have a few things working in its favor. The best part of this place's profile is its remarkable inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 58 Beds
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Government - County
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong grade in our nursing category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing ratings are largely tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This was one of the highest figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Despite offering such high levels of nursing care, this facility's nursing grade was pulled down a bit by some of our quality-based metrics. In fact, we found that more than 15 percent of this nursing home's residents were suffering from pressure ulcers. This is somewhat concerning because some pressure ulcers can be avoided by proper protocols for moving patients to avoid bed sores.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a positive short-term care grade. As a matter of fact, we gave it a B in that category, which happens to be one of our more favorable scores. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 38.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive category is long-term care, which is the last area we looked at. Sadly, it received an F in this category. Even with multiple solid grades in other categories, this grade is nevertheless alarming so we felt obligated to point it out. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Based on its grade in this category, it is surprising to find that this nursing home received good marks in both nursing hours and its vaccination records. Indeed, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 95.505615 percent of its residents. This percentage is higher than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this place also was not as bad as we expected at keeping its patients out of the hospital. While it had 1.76 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not bad since it had more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pulaski Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall leading to major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better