The Waters of Muncie is located in Muncie, Indiana. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel overall score based on the data we looked at. Based on our ratings, this place likely isn't a fit for any prospective resident. Finally, we were surprised to learn that this nursing home received a decent grade in our long-term care category. You can find additional information on this category below.
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The Waters of Muncie
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: The Waters of Muncie has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this place's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection ratings are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. Nursing scores are mostly associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this place's nurse staffing levels were quite a bit below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these datapoints to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility received an F for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 71.64179 percent of its residents. This is many points lower than what we were hoping for. Surprisingly, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the next area, this facility really did not fare very well in this area either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in short-term care, this is really as as uninspiring as it gets. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this place offers far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Waters of Muncie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Waters of Muncie, 12.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Waters of Muncie, 1.49% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Waters of Muncie, 0.5% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Waters of Muncie, 4.41% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Waters of Muncie, 21.2% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Waters of Muncie, 78.09% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Waters of Muncie, 71.84% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Waters of Muncie, 17.03% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Waters of Muncie, 10.49% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In The Waters of Muncie, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Waters of Muncie, 10.49% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Waters of Muncie, 2.34% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Waters of Muncie, 84.48% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Scores for Muncie, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Muncie, Indiana has 10 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.81 miles away2401 University Ave Muncie Indiana 47303Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 747-3111
- Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAcute Care Hospitals 17.05 miles away1515 N Madison Ave Anderson Indiana 46011Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 298-4242
- St Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 17.5 miles away2015 Jackson St Anderson Indiana 46016Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 646-8373
- Indiana University Health Blackford HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.69 miles away410 Pilgrim Blvd Hartford City Indiana 47348Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 348-0300
- Henry County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.84 miles away1000 N 16th St New Castle Indiana 47362Government - Local(765) 521-0890
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Muncie0.63 miles away820 E Mcgalliard Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 282-1266
- Dsi - North Granville Dialysis Clinic0.66 miles away3001 North Granville Ave. Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 16 (765) 288-3740
- Dsi - North Muncie1.97 miles away2705 W North Street Muncie Indiana 47303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (765) 747-3020
- Fmc - Muncie Dialysis3.35 miles away4021 West Kilgore Ave. Muncie Indiana 47304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 284-3049
- Fmc - Dialysis Institute of Anderson17.46 miles away1815 Jackson St. Anderson Indiana 46016CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 649-4792
- Us Renal Care-Daleville17.66 miles away2220 E. 59th Street Anderson Indiana 46013Dialysis Stations: 13 (765) 378-1735
- Fmc New Castle19.23 miles away101 Emerson Avenue New Castle Indiana 47362Dialysis Stations: 21 (765) 521-0938