Brookdale Richmond Place Snf
2770 Palumbo Drive, Lexington KY 40509 · (859) 263-2410 · 79.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Brookdale Richmond Place Snf is located in Lexington, Kentucky, which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation. We awarded this nursing home an overall rating of A which is a superb overall grade. This is among the highest graded nursing homes in Lexington, which has some very solid nursing homes. Based on our assessment, this place is simply as good as it gets. Headlining this facility's remarkable report card is its short-term care rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a strong facility overall, this facility also excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received an A+. Few facilities fared better in this category. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Kentucky in this area with 59.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is primarily based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides an incredible 5.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Very few nursing homes provide this quantity of nursing care to their patients. Out of that total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also performed well in many of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients sustaining falls which lead to major injury, this nursing home performed better than the national average.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. This nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a favorable long-term care score this year, with a grade of B-. Although this isn't quite as dominant as several of its other grades, this is nevertheless an acceptable rating in that category. In our long-term care grade, we focus more on the volume of services provided by a facility, along with a few qualitative statistics. On top of providing very solid levels of nursing care and other staffing, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.5935 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. The last datapoint we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Although it had 2.08 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not too far off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brookdale Richmond Place Snf Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is 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
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better