With an address in Kokomo, Indiana, Aperion Care Kokomo is one of six nursing homes in this area. With a abysmal overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. Keep in mind that Kokomo received a city grade of C, so should consider some other options in the city as well. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Aperion Care Kokomo
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a bad overall score, we also gave this nursing home terrible grades across the board in each of the categories. It only received a D for its inspections rating, which is its best area. Inspection grades weigh many items found on the facility's recent inspection reports. When you see too many deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is generally a bad sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This nursing home was assessed 11 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed significant government fines recently of more than $50,000. This usually signifies that CMS inspectors grew tired after multiple years of bad government inspections.
Short-term Care Quality
Tragically, we gave this facility an F for its short-term care score. Our short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Given its poor grade in this category, we weren't stunned to discover that this facility offers substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 5 percent of its patients returning home.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. Our nursing grade is mostly based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This facility fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these datapoints to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last category, this nursing home did not fare well here either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is really as as uninspiring as it gets. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were concerned by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 83.00654 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Kokomo Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 12.89% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 91.48% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 15.7% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 11.29 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aperion Care Kokomo, 73.78% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Kokomo, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Kokomo, Indiana has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Community Howard Regional Health IncAcute Care Hospitals 0.07 miles away3500 S Lafountain St Kokomo Indiana 46902Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 776-8000
- St Vincent KokomoAcute Care Hospitals 3.22 miles away1907 W Sycamore St Kokomo Indiana 46904Voluntary non-profit - Church(765) 452-5611
- Indiana University Health Tipton Hospital IncCritical Access Hospitals 12.81 miles away1000 S Main St Tipton Indiana 46072Voluntary non-profit - Other(765) 675-8500
- St Vincent Mercy HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.88 miles away1331 S a St Elwood Indiana 46036Voluntary non-profit - Church(765) 552-4743
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care Kokomo Dialysis0.23 miles away3760 S. Reed Road Kokomo Indiana 46902Dialysis Stations: 15 (765) 864-1669
- Fmc - Kokomo2.19 miles away2350 S Dixon Road, Ste 450 Kokomo Indiana 46902CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 453-0052
- Fmc - Elwood19.74 miles away1805 S. Anderson Street Elwood Indiana 46036Dialysis Stations: 12 (765) 557-2362