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.
The Waters of Muncie
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 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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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- 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
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.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the area of short-term care, this facility received just a D in this area. As it turns out, this ended up being one of its better features. In computing these short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Considering its score in this category, we weren't stunned to learn that this nursing home was well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the figures we looked at. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed is long-term care. This facility's received a low-end long-term care score where it was given an F. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 85.87571 percent of its patients. This is many points lower than what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best feature in this category.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, this nursing home really did not perform very well in this area either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this is really as bad as it gets. Nursing grades are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This place averaged only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is well below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
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, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Waters of Muncie, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Waters of Muncie, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents which have experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Waters of Muncie, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Waters of Muncie, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Waters of Muncie, 14.48% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Waters of Muncie, 91.03% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Waters of Muncie, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Waters of Muncie, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Waters of Muncie, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Waters of Muncie, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Waters of Muncie, 12.43 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Waters of Muncie, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Muncie, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Muncie, Indiana has 3 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