White River Lodge is a small government-owned facility located in Bedford, Indiana. It looks like this is a very good nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is a strong score. This should be on your short list in Bedford as we ranked it as one of the three best facilities in the city. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
White River Lodge
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Get pricing and details on Bedford senior living options.
Get PricingQuick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - City/county
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its favorable overall score, we gave this facility an A+ for our inspection category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite minor. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive long-term care score. Indeed, long-term care ended up being its second most favorable category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a score of A-. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.79487 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a life threatening ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home does not take any chances. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Does this page answer your questions about White River Lodge?
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. There are a variety of factors within this grade. Most of the datapoints reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the next area, this facility received a decent short-term care grade. Although this wasn't as elite as several of its other grades, this is truly not a major area of concern. Short-term care scores are crucial for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not look like this nursing home submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
White River Lodge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In White River Lodge, 8.77% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In White River Lodge, 1.28% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In White River Lodge, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In White River Lodge, 11.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients which are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In White River Lodge, 22.97% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In White River Lodge, 0% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts believe that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In White River Lodge, 98.4% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In White River Lodge, 16.2% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In White River Lodge, 29.58% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Some argue that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In White River Lodge, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In White River Lodge, 29.58% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In White River Lodge, 34.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In White River Lodge, 73.45% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Bedford, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Bedford, Indiana has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Vincent Dunn Hospital IncCritical Access Hospitals 1.4 miles away1600 23rd St Bedford Indiana 47421Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 276-1065
- Indiana University Health Bedford HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.68 miles away2900 W 16th St Bedford Indiana 47421Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 275-1200
- Indiana University Health Paoli HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.69 miles away642 W Hospital Rd Paoli Indiana 47454Voluntary non-profit - Private(812) 723-2811
- Monroe HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.96 miles away4011 S Monroe Medical Park Blvd Bloomington Indiana 47403Proprietary(812) 825-1111
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Lawrence County0.41 miles away3253 Shawnee Dr S Bedford Indiana 47421CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (812) 275-1084
- Davita - Paoli Dialysis18.76 miles away555 West Longest Street Paoli Indiana 47454CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (812) 723-3571