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Franciscan Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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3625 Fern Valley Road,
Louisville KY 40219

(502) 791-9416

88.23% estimated occupancy 1

Franciscan Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in Louisville, Kentucky. This facility is one of the best nursing homes we assessed. It received one of the top grades that we offer. We rated this nursing home as one of the top 100 facilities in Kentucky, which is a distinguished list. Headlining this nursing home's stellar profile is its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • 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

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Kentucky Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with a strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an A+ for inspections. Our inspection scores are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also was dominant in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Very few facilities received a better grade in this category. Our short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Contributing to its remarkable resume, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent long-term care grade, with a score of A-. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

The last area we scored is nursing. We gave this facility one of our more favorable scores in this category, with a B. Although this isn't as high as a few of its other scores, it is nevertheless a fine score. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of training of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Franciscan Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 6.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 5.2% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which suffered a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percent of long-term patients that sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 4.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 23.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 0.61% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 98.35% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 14.2% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 14.62% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 14.62% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 9.75% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Franciscan Health Care Center, 65.92% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Louisville, KY

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • 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
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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