Brandenburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
814 Old Ekron Road, Brandenburg KY 40108 · (270) 422-2148 · 83.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Brandenburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is the only facility we found in Brandenburg, Kentucky. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B. A score in this range requires quality scores in most areas. Based on our assessment, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 57 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, this place especially excelled in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Not many facilities fared better in that category. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other accomplishments is its high-end long-term care score. We gave them one of our most favorable scores in that area, with a score of A. Facilities that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of assessing the elite quantity of care provided by aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were impressed by the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 2.18 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best area turned out to be short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to have good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most facilities. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 39.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our next category, this facility was awarded a grade of C for nursing, which is a respectable score. Our nursing rating assesses many subcategories, but the most important one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. With 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the vast majority of facilities. Finally, we also factored some quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. Specifically, we looked at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brandenburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better