Waters Edge Village is a small nursing home located in Muncie, Indiana. With an overall grade of B, this nursing home outscored the average nursing home in Muncie. This place definitely has plenty working in its favor. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.
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Waters Edge Village
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- 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
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home fared even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspection reports. We gave it an A+ for that category, which is one of our highest grades. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this facility's other accomplishments is its first-rate long-term care grade. We awarded them one of our best grades in that category, with a score of A-. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 95.544556 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to minimize unnecessary deaths for the nursing home population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we graded is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of C in this area. In computing these short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
The final area we scored was nursing. We gave this nursing home a D for our nursing category, leaving this as the facility's least impressive category. There are a variety of data points included in this grade. Most of these subcategories relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Waters Edge Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Waters Edge Village, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Waters Edge Village, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Waters Edge Village, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients that sustained UTI's. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Waters Edge Village, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Waters Edge Village, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Waters Edge Village, 14.48% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Waters Edge Village, 91.03% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Waters Edge Village, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Waters Edge Village, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Waters Edge Village, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Waters Edge Village, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Waters Edge Village, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements.
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 0.78 miles away2401 University Ave Muncie Indiana 47303Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 747-3111
- Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAcute Care Hospitals 15.24 miles away1515 N Madison Ave Anderson Indiana 46011Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 298-4242
- St Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 15.5 miles away2015 Jackson St Anderson Indiana 46016Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 646-8373
- Henry County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.07 miles away1000 N 16th St New Castle Indiana 47362Government - Local(765) 521-0890
- Indiana University Health Blackford HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.7 miles away410 Pilgrim Blvd Hartford City Indiana 47348Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 348-0300
Nearby Dialysis
- Dsi - North Muncie0.76 miles away2705 W North Street Muncie Indiana 47303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (765) 747-3020
- Fmc - Muncie Dialysis1.18 miles away4021 West Kilgore Ave. Muncie Indiana 47304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 284-3049
- Dsi - North Granville Dialysis Clinic2.89 miles away3001 North Granville Ave. Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 16 (765) 288-3740
- Davita - Muncie2.9 miles away820 E Mcgalliard Muncie Indiana 47303Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 282-1266
- Fmc - Dialysis Institute of Anderson15.46 miles away1815 Jackson St. Anderson Indiana 46016CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 649-4792
- Us Renal Care-Daleville15.47 miles away2220 E. 59th Street Anderson Indiana 46013Dialysis Stations: 13 (765) 378-1735
- Fmc New Castle17.39 miles away101 Emerson Avenue New Castle Indiana 47362Dialysis Stations: 21 (765) 521-0938