LOWELL HEALTHCARE (LOWELL, IN) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

This Nursing Home:	67.6%
State:	19.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	14.6%
Indiana:	10.6%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

Here:	10.0%
State:	6.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	13.5%
State:	7.8%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

Here:	1.9%
Indiana:	4.3%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	1.4%
State:	6.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

This Nursing Home:	2.7%
Indiana:	4.4%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	5.4%
Indiana:	3.8%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	98.6%
Indiana:	95.2%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	98.6%
State:	94.0%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	17.6%
Indiana:	22.0%

Percent of short-stay residents with Pressure ulcers that are new or worsened

This Nursing Home:	2.5%
State:	2.0%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Nursing Home:	96.2%
State:	84.1%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	94.7%
State:	82.2%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	15.1%
State:	22.6%

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.570
Indiana:	0.691

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.900
State:	0.981

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.470
State:	1.672

Complaint Deficiency

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide doctors orders for the resident's immediate care, at the time the resident was admitted
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Proper exit design
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
Keep each resident free from drugs that restrain them, unless needed for medical treatment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Properly protected cooking facilities
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Fire-resistant Interior walls
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure medically necessary lab services/tests are ordered by the attending physician
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exit stairways and towers that are smoke proof
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Proper exit design
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
A fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly protected cooking facilities
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some

LOWELL HEALTHCARE - LOWELL, IN

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