Aperion Care Kokomo
3518 S Lafountain St, Kokomo IN 46902 · (765) 453-4666 · 60.47% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Aperion Care Kokomo is located in Kokomo, Indiana. The city has a total of 73,330 people. Our grading scheme was not very kind to this facility, as it received an overall rating of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's mediocre overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are five other nursing homes in Kokomo. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 105 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We weren't high on this facility's overall grades or its category scores. We gave it just a D for long-term care and that actually proved to be its best grade. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were concerned by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 66.28788 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Unfortunately, this nursing home's hospitalization rate was also disappointing. We found that this facility had 2.54 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an alarming rate.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the area of short-term care, this nursing home received a grade of just D in this category. As it turns out, this proved to be one of its better grades. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for people needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this nursing home was subpar in multiple staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 37.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.
Nurse Quality
This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. There are a number of criteria included in this category. Most of these criteria reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is slightly below average. To go along with its below average totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this facility had poor scores in many of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients having falls leading to major injury. This facility was at more than 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is alarming in light of the fact that so many falls could be avoided with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the nursing home's fate of receiving a poor nursing rating.
Facility Inspections
Turning our final area of inspections, this nursing home received an F in this area. For facilities with poor inspection grades, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 11 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Kokomo Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better