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Spring Mill Health Campus

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Spring Mill Health Campus's website

101 W 87th Ave,
Merrillville IN 46410

(219) 756-0744

79.06% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Spring Mill Health Campus has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Spring Mill Health Campus is a small non-profit nursing home located in Merrillville, Indiana. This facility is a relatively poor nursing home. A score in this range indicates we found a few red flags. This isn't the worse facility we found, however, we would still be very reluctant to recommend it. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is inspections, which is discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we did not have many positive things to say about this facility's overall grade, it did receive a respectable inspection report this year. It received a decent grade in that category with a B-. Inspection ratings are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. We are also concerned by the fact that this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. We analyzed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in calculating our score in this category. This facility provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is significantly below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's next most favorable area is short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a C. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next area we scored is long-term care, in which this facility received a poor score in this area as well. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is definitely a major concern. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the facility didn't perform well in our measures relating to patient care. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated 85.496185 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly lower than what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Spring Mill Health Campus Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 22.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 3.05% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 14.52% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 28.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 0.88% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 90.4% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 20% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 17.82% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Some argue that mobility is critical to patients health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 17.82% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 14.77% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Spring Mill Health Campus, 74.75% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Franciscan Health Crown PointAcute Care Hospitals 4.55 miles away1201 S Main St Crown Point Indiana 46307Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 757-6100
  • St Mary Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 5.54 miles away1500 S Lake Park Ave Hobart Indiana 46342Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 942-0551
  • Methodist Hospitals IncAcute Care Hospitals 9.76 miles away600 Grant St Gary Indiana 46402Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 886-4000
  • Franciscan Health DyerAcute Care Hospitals 9.89 miles away24 Joliet St Dyer Indiana 46311Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 865-2141
  • Franciscan Health MunsterAcute Care Hospitals 10.46 miles away701 Superior Ave Munster Indiana 46321Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 922-4200
  • Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.66 miles away901 Macarthur Blvd Munster Indiana 46321Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 836-1600
  • St Catherine Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 13.35 miles away4321 Fir St East Chicago Indiana 46312Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 392-7004
  • Franciscan Health HammondAcute Care Hospitals 14.3 miles away5454 Hohman Ave Hammond Indiana 46320Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 932-2300

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Merrillville Dialysis Center0.49 miles away550 West 84th Drive Merrillville Indiana 46410CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (219) 795-1990
  • Home Dialysis Services Merrillville, LLC1.05 miles away200 East 80th Place Suite 2 Merrillville Indiana 46410Dialysis Stations: 1 (219) 472-0379
  • Davita - Merrillville Dialysis1.45 miles away9223 Taft Street Merrillville Indiana 46410Dialysis Stations: 16 (219) 793-9035
  • Merrillville North Dialysis Center3.39 miles away6059 Broadway Merrillville Indiana 46410CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (219) 980-1090
  • Davita - Gary4.98 miles away4802 Broadway Gary Indiana 46408CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (219) 887-1199
  • Fmc - Crown Point5.19 miles away851 W. Burrell St. Crown Point Indiana 46307CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (219) 662-2648
  • Fmc - Hobart5.31 miles away1330 S. Wisconsin Street Hobart Indiana 46342CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (219) 947-9289
  • Schererville Dialysis Center6.02 miles away1534 Us Highway 41 Schererville Indiana 46375Dialysis Stations: 17 (219) 322-5448