Christian Health Center is located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The city has 42,479 people. This facility was given an overall grade of B, which is a quality score. At the end of the day, this nursing home is a solid choice for quite a few people. Fortunately, this place did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Christian Health Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its favorable overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A for the area of inspections. Inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent 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
Additionally, this facility also was given favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we gave it one of our stronger scores in that category, with a grade of B+. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 76.50602 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. The nursing rating is based on a number of datapoints. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed is short-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is not a bad grade in this area. Short-term care grades are generally employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Christian Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Christian Health Center, 9.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Christian Health Center, 3.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Christian Health Center, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have experienced UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Christian Health Center, 16.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Christian Health Center, 29.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Christian Health Center, 8.23% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Christian Health Center, 89.41% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Christian Health Center, 16.24% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Christian Health Center, 15.8% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Christian Health Center, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Christian Health Center, 15.8 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Christian Health Center, 13.87 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Christian Health Center, 72.54% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Jennie Stuart Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.53 miles away320 West 18th Street Hopkinsville Kentucky 42240Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 887-0100
- Blanchfield Ach (Ft Campbell)Acute Care - Department of Defense 15.42 miles away650 Joel Drive Fort Campbell Kentucky 42223Department of Defense(270) 798-8400
- Trigg County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.55 miles away254 Main Street Cadiz Kentucky 42211Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 522-3215
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Christian County Dialysis1.05 miles away200 Burley Ave Hopkinsville Kentucky 42240Dialysis Stations: 13 (270) 707-0701
- Fmc - Hopkinsville1.05 miles away510 Heritage Way Hopkinsville Kentucky 42240Dialysis Stations: 16 (270) 885-1281
- Davita - Hopkinsville Dialysis1.5 miles away115 North Virginia Street Hopkinsville Kentucky 42240Dialysis Stations: 17 (270) 887-5622
- Fmc - Trigg County16.31 miles away2484 Main Street Cadiz Kentucky 42211Dialysis Stations: 12 (270) 522-0170