Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center
200 Glenway Road, Winchester KY 40391 · (859) 744-1800 · 76.53% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Winchester, Kentucky. This facility received an overall grade of B, which is a good rating. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a solid choice for most people. This place also received very consistent grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 179 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an impressive grade of A- for our long-term care rating. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 88.61788 percent of its residents against pneumonia. The last datapoint we looked at is its hospitalization rate. Although it had 2.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was close to the national average due to it having some more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed better than most facilities in this category. In our short-term care assessment, we attempt to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. This nursing home offered more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. This is what we like to find when assessing a facility in this category. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 51.6 percent of its patients able to return home. This is a better rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses were with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This place fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented with better nursing care.
Facility Inspections
In the final area we looked at, we found that this nursing home received a solid government inspection report this year as well. It earned a decent score in inspections with a B. Our inspection ratings are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fountain Circle Care & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given 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 metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically 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 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better