Located in Winchester, Kentucky, Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center is the only nursing home we identified in this area. Featuring an overall score of B, this is a good nursing home. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this facility. We were also pleased to find that this place didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this place also received top notch health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better grades in this category, with an A. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
One of this facility's more favorable category grades was in the category of long-term care. This wound up being its second best category. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B-. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We discovered that this facility provided the vaccine to just 79.95546 percent of its residents, which is well below average. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed was short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a solid grade of B-. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is considered to be a reliable measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our final category, this nursing home received a grade of C for nursing, which is a respectable grade. When determining our nursing ratings, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we like to look at quality-based metrics, such as the percent of residents who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these data points are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 11.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 2.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 15.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents that are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 34.14% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 8.81% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 80.74% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 17.45% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 18.78% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 18.78% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 25.02% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center, 67.81% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Clark Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.42 miles away175 Hospital Drive Winchester Kentucky 40391Proprietary(859) 737-8559
- Saint Joseph EastAcute Care Hospitals 12.32 miles away150 North Eagle Creek Drive Lexington Kentucky 40509Voluntary non-profit - Private(859) 967-5000
- Bourbon Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.18 miles away9 Linville Drive Paris Kentucky 40361Proprietary(859) 987-3600
- Saint Joseph Mount SterlingAcute Care Hospitals 15.17 miles away225 Falcon Drive Mount Sterling Kentucky 40353Voluntary non-profit - Private(859) 497-5018
- University of Kentucky HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.91 miles away800 Rose Street Lexington Kentucky 40536Government - State(859) 257-2278
- Baptist Health LexingtonAcute Care Hospitals 16.25 miles away1740 Nicholasville Road Lexington Kentucky 40503Voluntary non-profit - Other(859) 260-6104
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Winchester2.63 miles away1145 W. Lexington Ave. Winchester Kentucky 40391Dialysis Stations: 16 (859) 744-0750
- Davita - Hamburg Dialysis11.3 miles away1745 Alysheba Way, Suite 110 Lexington Kentucky 40509CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (859) 543-0084
- Fmc- Lexington South Dialysis12.28 miles away171 N Eagle Creek Dr Ste 110 Lexington Kentucky 40509CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (859) 264-7775
- Fmc - Nalco Home Program12.52 miles away3284 Eagle View Drive Suite 120 Lexington Kentucky 40509Dialysis Stations: 3 (859) 299-3379
- Fmc - Kentucky Renal Care Group - Lexington East13.21 miles away1101 Winchester Rd., Suite 100 Lexington Kentucky 40505Dialysis Stations: 16 (859) 225-4922
- Davita - Bourbon County Dialysis13.52 miles away213 Letton Drive Paris Kentucky 40361Dialysis Stations: 10 (859) 988-1117
- Fmc - Mt. Sterling14.96 miles away55 Sterling Way Mount Sterling Kentucky 40353Dialysis Stations: 17 (859) 499-0630
- Fmc- Lexington Southwest15.85 miles away978 Chas Drive Lexington Kentucky 40515Dialysis Stations: 17 (859) 260-1706