Westside Village Nursing Center is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, which features an abundance of nursing homes. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A score in this range generally suggests a few concerning datapoints. While this grade isn't too far off the city grade in Indianapolis which is a C, you still should be able to do better. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category scores. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Westside Village Nursing 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
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we didn't give this place a good overall grade, we actually gave it a strong grade in the area of inspections, where it earned a B. Inspection scores are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities with severe deficiencies associated with risks to resident well being. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's second most favorable category turned out to be its short-term care grade, where it was awarded a grade of B-. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a reliable measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 5.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
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Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses were with patients, in calculating our grade in this area. This nursing home offered only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at was long-term care, where this facility received a bottom of the barrel score in this area as well. It received an F in this category, which is definitely very concerning. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.68553 percent of its residents, which is better than most nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westside Village Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 5.22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 4.09% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients that have suffered a fall which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 14.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 21.16% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 97.39% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 21.81% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 14.07% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 14.07% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 8.46% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Westside Village Nursing Center, 69.33% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Indianapolis, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- 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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