Boonespring Transitional Care Center is a large nursing home in Union, Kentucky. With an A- overall grade, we rated this facility in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. Based on our ratings, this facility is simply as good as it gets. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card was its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
Boonespring Transitional Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection rating. This score is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. It doesn't appear that we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its first-rate profile, this nursing home also was awarded a strong long-term care score, with a score of A. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this nursing home also was given favorable short-term care grades this year. Indeed, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a score of B+. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The last category we graded is this facility's worst area. However, even in its weakest link we still awarded it a respectable grade of B- for nursing. The nursing grade consists of a handful of factors, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is far below the national average. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Boonespring Transitional Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 9.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 2.74% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents that experienced UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 15.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 28.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 8.85% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 90.04% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 15.42% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 13.78 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Boonespring Transitional Care Center, 72.12% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.
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