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Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center's website

3550 Central Ave,
Columbus IN 47203

(812) 379-9669

51.33% estimated occupancy 1

Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Columbus, Indiana. This facility received an F, which is definitely concerning in our grading scheme. If you are not satisfied with this facility's rather poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are four other nursing homes in Columbus. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it actually received an impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

In our next category, we gave this facility a rock-bottom F in the area of long-term care. For patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility gave the vaccine to 99.48718 percent of its residents, which is an above average total. To our surprise, this facility also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Unfortunately, this facility received an F for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The last area we rated was nursing. This facility was given an abysmal grade of F in that category. Nursing ratings are tied to nurse staffing levels. With a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, this facility's nurse staffing levels were significantly below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients which have experienced falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.89% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 91.48% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.74% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.7% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.29 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of 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

Grade: B

In Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, 73.78% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Columbus, 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 B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Columbus, Indiana has 4 other nursing homes

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

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=155535