Cherokee Park Rehabilitation is located in Louisville, Kentucky, which offers a variety of nursing homes. This nursing home turns out to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. You could certainly do much worse than this facility. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also strong. It is hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
Cherokee Park Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Bariatric Care
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
On top of performing well overall, this nursing home earned a very good long-term care grade as well. It earned one of our better scores in that category with a B+. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 88.57143 percent of its patients. This is a bit below what we were hoping for. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it received a score of B. It outperformed most facilities in this area. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Facility Inspections
This facility earned a very good inspection report this year as well. For this reason, it earned one of our higher scores in that category with a B. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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.
Nurse Quality
The final area we rated was nursing. We awarded this nursing home one of our better scores in this area, with a grade of B. This nursing home ended up being very solid across the board. Our nursing rating is based on a handful of data points, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cherokee Park Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 9.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 2.74% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 15.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 28.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 8.85% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 90.04% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 15.42% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 13.78 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cherokee Park Rehabilitation, 72.12% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Louisville, KY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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