Clark Regional Medical Center
175 Hospital Drive, Winchester KY 40391 · (859) 737-8559 · 90% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Clark Regional Medical Center is one of just two nursing homes in Winchester, Kentucky. Featuring an overall score of B, this appears to be a good facility. In addition, this is a hospital-based nursing home, which is a positive for prospective residents with medical conditions frequently requiring hospitalization. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 25 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of earning a great overall grade, this nursing home performed even better in our inspections category which is based on the facility's recent government inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for this category, which is one of our best grades. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. 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.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this category. Our short-term care scores are crucial for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This proved to be a real strength for this facility. It outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes with 64.8 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also received favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
This facility's weakest category is nursing, which is the last area we assessed. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this category. Despite several excellent scores in other areas, this score is still somewhat disappointing so we wanted to make sure you are aware. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This place offered only 1.6 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Unfortunately, this place also didn't perform as well as we had hoped in some of the quality measures we looked at in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Clark Regional Medical Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents that had a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression could imply worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better