Diversicare of Fulton
1004 Holiday Lane, Fulton KY 42041 · (270) 472-1971 · 66.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Diversicare of Fulton is the sole option we identified in Fulton, Kentucky. This nursing home received an overall score of F. In our view, you would be better off to avoid of this nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
Even though we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a decent short-term care grade this year. We gave it a C in that category. In forming these short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. One of this place's strengths is registered nurse staffing. It offers more care from registered nurses to its patients than most facilities. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 38.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Nurse Quality
We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. We weighed the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses spent with residents, in determining our grade in this area. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This nursing home was relatively weak in some of the datapoints we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are often good measures of the quality of nursing care available.
Facility Inspections
This facility didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded them a grade of C for that category. Other categories turned out to be the source of this facility's rock bottom overall grade. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. To our surprise, this place was hit with a category J through K deficiency, which are among the worst categories of deficiencies. This generally means that CMS found a deficiency which places patient safety or health in imminent jeopardy. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our fourth category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D in the area of long-term care. This is the facility's worst category rating. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 95.30202 percent of its patients. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility fared radically worse with 4.32 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this statistic is more than twice the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Diversicare of Fulton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities 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 residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better