State Health Department Says 15 Nursing Homes Had Deficiency-Free Annual Surveys in Third Quarter

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Fifteen Indiana comprehensive-care nursing homes had zero deficiencies in their annual surveys conducted from July through September 2008, state health officials announced today. A total of 129 nursing homes in Indiana had their annual surveys during this period.

"We're always happy to let the public know when nursing home facilities have an outstanding annual survey," said Terry Whitson, assistant commissioner for Health Care Regulatory Services at the Indiana State Department of Health.

"We have a very rigorous and thorough inspection process, so we want to congratulate the managers and staffs of the fifteen facilities that had zero deficiencies," Whitson said.

For each annual survey of a long-term care facility, a team of three or four professional surveyors performs detailed inspections that last from four days to two weeks. The team members are registered nurses or social workers.

The annual surveys cover these areas:

• residents' rights, including admission, transfer, and discharge;
• residents' behavior and facility practices (how the facility protects its residents);
• quality of life;
• resident assessment (how the facility determines the appropriate
• care for each resident);
• quality of care;
• nursing services;
• physician services;
• dental services;
• infection control;
• physical environment; and
• administration.

The 15 nursing homes that had deficiency-free annual surveys in the second quarter of 2008 (listed by county of location) are:

ALLEN                                    Towne Retirement Community

                                                2209 St. Joe Center Road

                                                Fort Wayne, IN 46825

BARTHOLOMEW               Willow Crossing Health and Rehabilitation Center

                                                3550 Central Avenue

                                                Columbus, IN 47203

BROWN                                 Brown County Health and Living Community Inc.

                                                55 East Willow Street

                                                Nashville, IN 47448

CASS                                      Chase Center

                                                2 Chase Park

                                                Logansport, IN 46947

HANCOCK                            Golden Living Center-Brandywine

                                                745 North Swope Street

                                                Greenfield, IN 46140

                                                Pleasant View Lodge

                                                7476 West Lane Road

                                                McCordsville, IN 46005

JOHNSON                             Indiana Masonic Home Inc.

                                                690 State Street

                                                Franklin, IN 46131

KNOX                                     Freelandville Community Home

                                                310 West Carlisle Street

                                                Freelandville, IN 47535

                                                Gentlecare of Vincennes

                                                1202 South 16^th Street

                                                Vincennes, IN 47591

KOSCIUSKO                         Mason Health Care Center

                                                900 Provident Drive

                                                Warsaw, IN 46580

                                                Miller's Merry Manor

                                                500 East Pickwick Drive

                                                Syracuse, IN 46567

PUTNAM                                Mill Pond Health Campus

                                                1014 Mill Pond Lane

                                                Greencastle, IN 46135

ST. JOSEPH                          Miller's Merry Manor

                                                220 East Dunn Road

                                                New Carlisle, IN 46552

TIPTON                                  Miller's Merry Manor
                                                 300 Fairgrounds Road
                                                Tipton, IN 46072

VANDERBURGH                   Bethel Manor

                                                6015 Kratzville Road

                                                Evansville, IN 47710