Located in Columbus, Indiana, Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center is one of a mere three facilities in the city. This facility received an overall grade of C, which is a respectable grade. As far as we can see, this nursing home should be a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this place's profile was its exemplary inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- 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
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its decent overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. This is far better than the facility's overall rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a middle of the road grade in the area of long-term care, with a B-. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.53271 percent of its patients. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Another strength of this nursing home is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an D. Our nursing rating assesses a handful of components, but the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place fared well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last category, this facility really didn't fare well. With a very poor grade of F in short-term care, this was its poorest category grade. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Based on its grade in this category, we were not stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the measures we looked at. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents which are suffering from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from UTI's. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients which were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.48% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 91.03% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.43 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Columbus Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.61 miles away2400 E 17th St Columbus Indiana 47201Government - Local(812) 379-4441
- Johnson Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.04 miles away1125 W Jefferson St Franklin Indiana 46131Government - Local(317) 736-3300
- Schneck Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.52 miles away411 W Tipton St Seymour Indiana 47274Government - Local(812) 522-2349
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Columbus Bartholomew1.53 miles away2325 18th Street, Suite 120 Columbus Indiana 47201CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (812) 375-0254
- Fmc - Franklin19.04 miles away1159 West Jefferson St., Suite 201 Franklin Indiana 46131Dialysis Stations: 12 (317) 736-0465
- Davita - Dialysis - Franklin19.11 miles away1140 W Jefferson Street, Suite A Franklin Indiana 46131Dialysis Stations: 14 (317) 736-4304
- Fmc - Seymour19.26 miles away200 East Third Street Seymour Indiana 47274Dialysis Stations: 12 (812) 524-9885
- Davita - Blue River Valley Renal Center19.37 miles away2309 S Miller Street Ste 100 Shelbyville Indiana 46176Dialysis Stations: 11 (317) 398-0486