Rushville Nursing & Rehab Center

We would like to point out that this facility's inspection rating exceeded its overall grade. This facility earned a grade of B in this area, which is a quality score. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B in that category, which is one of our better scores. Nursing ratings are largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The next best area we awarded this facility in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The key is determining what effect this had on quality of care. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below average.

This facility's weakest category was long-term care, which is the last category we analyzed. In this area, we gave this facility a grade of just D. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.