Signature Healthcare of Muncie is one of four facilities located in Muncie, Indiana. This nursing home is a middle of the pack facility, with an overall grade of B-. You can certainly do worse than this nursing home. One of the highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Signature Healthcare of Muncie
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Respite Care
- 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
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to note that this nursing home received a strong short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it one of our highest scores in this area with a grade of A-. In determining these short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. There are a number of criteria included in this area. Most of these criteria are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This place averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is a very low figure. Lastly, while this place got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this area.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the final category we looked at. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this category. Even with a few respectable grades in other areas, this score is nevertheless of a concern so we wanted to point it out. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated 56.58263 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is quite a few points less than what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Signature Healthcare of Muncie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. However, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 14.48% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 91.03% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 12.43 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Signature Healthcare of Muncie, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Muncie, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Muncie, Indiana has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.55 miles away2401 University Ave Muncie Indiana 47303Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 747-3111
- Indiana University Health Blackford HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.74 miles away410 Pilgrim Blvd Hartford City Indiana 47348Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 348-0300
- Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAcute Care Hospitals 17.45 miles away1515 N Madison Ave Anderson Indiana 46011Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 298-4242
- St Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 18.02 miles away2015 Jackson St Anderson Indiana 46016Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 646-8373
- Henry County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.79 miles away1000 N 16th St New Castle Indiana 47362Government - Local(765) 521-0890
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Muncie0.76 miles away820 E Mcgalliard Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 282-1266
- Dsi - North Granville Dialysis Clinic0.89 miles away3001 North Granville Ave. Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 16 (765) 288-3740
- Dsi - North Muncie2.69 miles away2705 W North Street Muncie Indiana 47303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (765) 747-3020
- Fmc - Muncie Dialysis4.1 miles away4021 West Kilgore Ave. Muncie Indiana 47304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 284-3049
- Fmc - Dialysis Institute of Anderson17.97 miles away1815 Jackson St. Anderson Indiana 46016CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 649-4792
- Us Renal Care-Daleville18.31 miles away2220 E. 59th Street Anderson Indiana 46013Dialysis Stations: 13 (765) 378-1735