Franciscan Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in Louisville, Kentucky. It looks like this is a quality nursing home. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good grade. We were pleased to find out that this was in line with the other nursing homes in Louisville, which is one of the better cities in Kentucky to find a nursing home. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Franciscan Health Care Center
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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ inspection rating. This is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among the reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it was awarded a favorable long-term care grade. Indeed, long-term care is its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a score of A-. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we looked at is short-term care. This facility was given a superb short-term care score. We awarded them a strong strong of A- in this area. Short-term care ratings are crucial for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we considered the number of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's weakest category was nursing, which is the final category we scored. In this category, we gave this facility a grade of D. We would like to to point out this possible weakness, but you shouldn't focus exclusively on a single weak area either. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is an alarmingly low total. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Franciscan Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 9.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 3.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who had a fall resulting in serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 16.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 29.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 8.23% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could reveal worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 89.41% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 16.24% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 15.8% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 15.8 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 13.87 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Franciscan Health Care Center, 72.54% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Louisville, KY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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