Rural Health Care Center
1747 N Rural St, Indianapolis IN 46218 · (317) 635-1355 · 95% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Rural Health Care Center is located in the large metropolitan area of Indianapolis, Indiana. Our scoring scheme was not favorable to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall score of F. Indianapolis received a city grade of B-, so there are some other options in the city worth considering. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, you can continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 50 Beds
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Government - County
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it earned a very impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best scores in that area with an A-. Inspection ratings are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes with severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of D. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home averaged just 2.8 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This statistic is significantly below average. On top of receiving below average scores for total nursing hours, this place was less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found this nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is a bad sign when you consider that so many bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This statistic really dragged down this facility's nursing score substantially.
Long-term Care Quality
Another concern is the F this nursing home was given in the area of long-term care. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the facility did not perform well in our measures relating to patient care. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. We were a bit worried that this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to a relatively low 36.25731 percent of its residents. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.34 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is also concerning.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is short-term care. This facility received an abysmal grade of F in this category. With our short-term care grade, we seek to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. In this facility's case, it looks like it offers fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 29.2 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Rural Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better