Seymour Crossing

With an address in Seymour, Indiana, Seymour Crossing is one of just a few nursing homes in the city. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a solid score. At the end of the day, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its remarkable inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.

To pair with its decent overall grade, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. This grade is far more impressive than its overall grade. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

This facility's next best area ended up being long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a C. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's personal care rather than the skilled nursing or healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.72611 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this facility had 2.52 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure was less impressive than its other scores in the long-term care area.

The third area we looked at is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a solid grade of C. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. In fact, we found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the nation with 50.6 percent of its residents returning home. This is a higher rate than most facilities.

This nursing home's worst area is nursing, which is the last category we analyzed. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this area. Even with some acceptable scores in other areas, this grade is still alarming so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is slightly below average. On top of receiving below average scores for total nursing hours, this nursing home was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and found that this facility was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this metric. This is a bad sign when you consider that so many bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. This statistic dragged down this facility's nursing rating substantially.