Breckinridge Memorial Nursing Facility

Breckinridge Memorial Nursing Facility is a facility in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, which has 5,939 people. This turns out to be an A+ rated facility. Receiving an A+ in our grading scheme takes superb performance across the board. In addition, this facility is also based in a hospital, which can often mean the nursing home offers more extensive medical services. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar profile is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. We were not able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

An additional reason we assessed this nursing home so favorably is that it was awarded an A+ long-term care score. This is simply as dominant as it gets in this area. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of providing well above average levels of nurse staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This percentage is also far higher than most nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. The nursing grade weighs a host of factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This place boasts a really impressive 5.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

The fourth area we analyzed is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of A-. This completed an elite report card. Only a select few facilities received an A- or better in in each area we assessed. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it provides more care from registered nurses to its patients than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility permanently.