Westminster Health Care Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Clarksville, Indiana. This is a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on our analysis, you can do much worse than this facility. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Westminster Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 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
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
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Short-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home fared well in short-term care. We awarded it an A for that category. Short-term care grades are critical for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home 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 5.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in the area of inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. It received one of our highest scores in that area with a score of A-. Few facilities with an overall grade in this range performed this well in multiple categories. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home earned high marks in the area of nursing. It earned one of our best grades in that area with a score of A-. Our nursing score analyzes many components, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B-. While this wound up being its least impressive category rating, this is nevertheless not a poor grade. Our long-term care grades are crucial for individuals seeking personal care. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. This place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westminster Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Westminster Health Care Center, 7.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Westminster Health Care Center, 1.81% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that sustained a fall which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Westminster Health Care Center, 7.04% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Westminster Health Care Center, 14.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Westminster Health Care Center, 15.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Westminster Health Care Center, 0.5% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Westminster Health Care Center, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Westminster Health Care Center, 10.33% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Westminster Health Care Center, 21.36% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Westminster Health Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Westminster Health Care Center, 21.36% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Westminster Health Care Center, 9.93% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Westminster Health Care Center, 79.18% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Clarksville, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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