Simmons Loving Care Health Facility in Gary, IN

Simmons Loving Care Health Facility is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Gary, Indiana. It is located in Lake county at 700 E 21st Ave, Gary, Indiana 46407. You can reach out to the office of Simmons Loving Care Health Facility via phone at (219) 882-2563. This skilled nursing facility has 46 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 46.96%. Its legal business name is Pulaski Memorial Hospital and has the following ownership type - Non Profit - Corporation.

Simmons Loving Care Health Facility (Medicare CCN 155845) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 2016 (8 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in November, 2019.

Name	Simmons Loving Care Health Facility
Location	700 E 21st Ave, Gary, Indiana
Certified By	Medicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	46
Occupancy Rate	46.96%
Medicare ID (CCN)	155845
Legal Business Name	Pulaski Memorial Hospital
Ownership Type	Non Profit - Corporation

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Number of Facility Reported Incidents	0
Number of Substantiated Complaints	0
Number of Fines	3
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars	$122161
Number of Payment Denials	3
Total Number of Penalties	6

The resident survey data of Simmons Loving Care Health Facility is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	33.33	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	32.91	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	45.95	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	2.87	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	0	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	5.63	5.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	8.64	0.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury	0	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	7.41	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	18.46	14.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	13.16	83.88