St Paul Hermitage
501 N 17th Ave, Beech Grove IN 46107 · (317) 786-2261 · 86.34% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Beech Grove, Indiana, St Paul Hermitage is one of just two available facilities in this area. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is one of the top ratings we offer. A grade in this range requires excellent scores across the board. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a great choice for most people. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 52 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating analyzes several factors, most of which are based on nursing hours. With 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the national average. Finally, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Facility Inspections
This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a very strong short-term care grade. In fact, this ended up being this nursing home's third strongest category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a score of A-. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. This nursing home is above the national average in terms of both its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care, in which this nursing home received a B-. While this turned out to be its least impressive category grade, this is nevertheless not the end of the world. For prospective residents looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. In addition to providing solid levels of nursing care and other staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 96.15385 percent of its residents. This statistic is better than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.18 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Paul Hermitage Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients that have sustained a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior 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 dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure 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 patients that retained mobility levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better