Elizabethtown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
1101 Woodland Drive, Elizabethtown KY 42701 · (270) 765-6106 · 94.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Elizabethtown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. We gave this facility a B- overall, which is a solid score. This is comparable with the city grade in Elizabethtown, which is a B. Based on our analysis, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 65 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received strong long-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our more impressive scores in that area, with a B+. This proved to be the facility's second strongest score. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.0566 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. The last statistic we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. Although it had 2.38 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was close to the middle of the pack since it had more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing grade. In fact, we gave this nursing home a score of D. Our nursing rating focuses on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. On top of receiving below average scores for total nursing hours, this nursing home was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents suffering pressure ulcers and found that this place was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this metric. This is a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, this statistic pulled down this nursing home's nursing rating significantly.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was short-term care. It received an abysmal F for this category, which is a bottom of the barrel grade. This is obviously a major concern. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 39.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Elizabethtown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates 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
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better