Symphony of Chesterton
2775 Village Point, Chesterton IN 46304 · (219) 304-6700 · 95.14% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Symphony of Chesterton is one of just three nursing homes in Chesterton, Indiana. This nursing home received an above average overall grade of B+, resulting in it being the number one rated facility in the city. In our view, this facility is a good fit for quite a few people. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which we will address 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
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also earned an elite short-term care grade. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that area, with an A. In calculating these short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. This nursing home is the gold standard in terms of skilled nursing staffing. The facility offered roughly one and a half times as many physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in the country in this area with 61.8 percent of its patients returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this metric.
Nurse Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing ratings are largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This place provides an incredible 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Very few nursing homes provide this quantity of nursing care to their patients. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its residents suffering falls leading to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home the state.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an impressive grade of A-. Few facilities performed better in this category. Our inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last category, this nursing home really didn't fare well. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that area, this was obviously this facility's worst area. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Based on its grade in this category, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that this facility performed relatively well in both nursing hours and its vaccination records. Indeed, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 96.36363 percent of its residents. This percentage is higher than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Symphony of Chesterton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents that had a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression could imply worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident'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 care patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better