Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a facility in Augusta, Kentucky, which has a total of 2,510 people. Featuring an overall rating of B-, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. You can certainly do worse than this facility. One of the best aspects of this facility's report card is its stellar inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: B-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Lymphedema Care
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few facilities performed better in this category. Inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B
Another one of this facility's better category grades came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 82.828285 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly below what we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: C
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below average. Finally, although this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this subcategory.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: D
The next area we assessed is short-term care, which was this facility's worst area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in that area. Naturally, this category pulled down the facility's overall grade to some degree. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is typically a solid measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we learned that this nursing home offered less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: D
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 11.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who have had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: F
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.75% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.68% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: F
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 50.52% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: D
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 24.18% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: D
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 85.64% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 18.75% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 25.75% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: D
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 25.75% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-minus
In Bracken County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 75.93% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Meadowview Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.36 miles away989 Medical Park Drive Maysville Kentucky 41056Proprietary(606) 759-5311
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Us Grant Dialysis11.83 miles away458 Home Street Georgetown Ohio 45121Dialysis Stations: 12 (937) 378-1323
- Dci - Maysville11.98 miles away1210 Pope Drive Maysville Kentucky 41056Dialysis Stations: 13 (606) 759-7689
- Davita - Maysville13.49 miles away489 Tucker Drive Maysville Kentucky 41056Dialysis Stations: 12 (606) 759-0923
