Sprenger Health Care of Mishawaka
60257 Bodnar Blvd, Mishawaka IN 46544 · (574) 222-1234 · 66.71% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Sprenger Health Care of Mishawaka is located in Mishawaka, Indiana. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack score. Based on our analysis, this place ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's report card was is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 70 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This facility excelled in the category of short-term care, with an A+ in this category. This really propped up its overall grade. With our short-term care category, we strive to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is generally an excellent sign. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it fared as well as just about any facility in this area with 68.8 percent of its residents returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in inspections. It received one of our highest grades in that category with an B+. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
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. When computing our nursing ratings, we weigh both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. With 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this facility surpassed the overwhelming majority of facilities. Lastly, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents sustaining falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home in the state. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's weakest area is long-term care, which is the last area we assessed. Sadly, it received an F in this category. Even with some acceptable grades in other categories, this score is still disappointing so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. Due to its grade in this category, we were surprised to discover that this nursing home performed relatively well in both nursing hours and its vaccination records. Indeed, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 97.89474 percent of its patients. This percentage is actually higher than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sprenger Health Care of Mishawaka Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better