Springhill Village

One of the reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is that it received a very impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections is its best category grade. In that area, we gave it an A. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This nursing home performed well in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we gave it a score of A for that category, which happens to be one of our highest scores. Our short-term care ratings are likely more meaningful for those needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Indiana in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident more frequently.

Moving on to our last area, this nursing home was given an acceptable long-term care rating. Although this was not quite as elite as several of its other grades, this is still not a poor grade. In calculating our long-term care scores, we scrutinize the personal care offered to a facility's patients. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 97.55102 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.