Westridge Health Care Center is one of four available nursing homes located in Terre Haute, Indiana. With an overall grade of B-, this is likely a solid facility. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. You should also take a look at this facility's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.
Westridge Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
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
- Government - County
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. If it wasn't for this area, this place's overall score would have been lower. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.4186 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home's score wasn't nearly as strong as a few of its other grades. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an F. Short-term care ratings are critical for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's weakest area is nursing, which is the last area we analyzed. We gave it an F for this category. Despite some respectable grades in other categories, this grade is nevertheless of a concern so we would like to to point it out. Our nursing score is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these metrics to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westridge Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Westridge Health Care Center, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This gauges the percent of long-term stay patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Westridge Health Care Center, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who experienced a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Westridge Health Care Center, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Westridge Health Care Center, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Westridge Health Care Center, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Westridge Health Care Center, 14.48% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Westridge Health Care Center, 91.03% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Westridge Health Care Center, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating. Some would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Westridge Health Care Center, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Westridge Health Care Center, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Westridge Health Care Center, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Terre Haute, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Terre Haute, Indiana has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Terre Haute Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.09 miles away3901 S Seventh St Terre Haute Indiana 47802Proprietary(812) 232-0021
- Union Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 3.57 miles away1606 N Seventh St Terre Haute Indiana 47804Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 238-7606
- Union Hospital ClintonCritical Access Hospitals 15.2 miles away801 S Main St Clinton Indiana 47842Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 832-1234
- St Vincent Clay Hospital IncCritical Access Hospitals 17.5 miles away1206 E National Ave Brazil Indiana 47834Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 442-2500
- Paris Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.32 miles away721 E Court Street Paris Illinois 61944Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 465-4141
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Terre Haute South1.5 miles away315 East Springhill Dr. Terre Haute Indiana 47802Dialysis Stations: 17 (812) 234-0020
- Davita-Terre Haute Dialysis3.42 miles away504 6th Avenue Terre Haute Indiana 47807Dialysis Stations: 13 (812) 231-8560
- Fmc - Terre Haute North3.7 miles away351 Maiden Lane Terre Haute Indiana 47804CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (812) 238-1400
- Biomedical Application of Indiana4.11 miles away4001 East Wabash Avenue Terre Haute Indiana 47803Dialysis Stations: 2 (812) 234-1242
- Fmc - Vigo County6.27 miles away1705 E Industrial Drive Terre Haute Indiana 47802Dialysis Stations: 16 (812) 298-8043
- Davita Brazil Dialysis17.5 miles away115 S. Murphy Avenue Brazil Indiana 47834Dialysis Stations: 9 (812) 442-8481