University Nursing Center is in Upland, Indiana. We gave it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road rating. Based on our ratings, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
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University Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its decent overall score, we gave this facility an A for its inspection grade. This grade is far more impressive than its overall rating. Our inspection ratings are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to point out that this nursing home was awarded positive short-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our more favorable grades in this category, with a grade of B. This proved to be the nursing home's second strongest grade. Our short-term care ratings are critical for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded its third highest category grade in the area of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. In calculating our long-term care scores, we look at the personal care received by a facility's residents. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 91.88034 percent of its residents, which is a few points lower than we were hoping for. Nevertheless, this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
The final category we scored is nursing. We awarded this facility a D in our nursing category, making this the facility's least impressive category grade. We looked at the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses spent with patients, in determining our score in this area. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
University Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In University Nursing Center, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In University Nursing Center, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care residents who had a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In University Nursing Center, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which had UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In University Nursing Center, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients that are administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In University Nursing Center, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In University Nursing Center, 14.48% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In University Nursing Center, 91.03% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In University Nursing Center, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In University Nursing Center, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In University Nursing Center, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In University Nursing Center, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In University Nursing Center, 12.43 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In University Nursing Center, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Indiana University Health Blackford HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 6.7 miles away410 Pilgrim Blvd Hartford City Indiana 47348Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 348-0300
- Marion General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.22 miles away441 N Wabash Ave Marion Indiana 46952Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 660-6000
- Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.7 miles away2401 University Ave Muncie Indiana 47303Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 747-3111
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Grant County Dialysis12.41 miles away1797 West Kem Road Marion Indiana 46952CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 662-9792
- Davita - Muncie17.84 miles away820 E Mcgalliard Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 282-1266
- Dsi - North Granville Dialysis Clinic17.96 miles away3001 North Granville Ave. Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 16 (765) 288-3740
- Dsi - North Muncie18.73 miles away2705 W North Street Muncie Indiana 47303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (765) 747-3020
- Fmc - Muncie Dialysis19.66 miles away4021 West Kilgore Ave. Muncie Indiana 47304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 284-3049