Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care is an average-sized nursing home located in Frankfort, Kentucky. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the country. As far as we can see, this place should be a wonderful choice for most people. This place also received very consistent grades in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them 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
Adding to its dominant profile, this facility also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, it received a grade of A for that area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.40637 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received a strong short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a grade of B+. Our short-term care ratings are presumably more important for patients in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who returned home from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the last category, this facility received a highly favorable nursing score. Although this wasn't quite as impressive as a few of its other category grades, this is nevertheless one of the more impressive scores a facility can receive. Our nursing rating consists of a handful of data points, but the primary one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 5.85% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 4.78% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who sustained falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 0.85% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 16.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 24.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 14.59% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 99.2% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 19.74% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 20.28% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 20.28% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 21.28% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Frankfort Rehabilitation and Care, 71.02% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Frankfort Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.69 miles away299 Kings Daughters Drive Frankfort Kentucky 40601Proprietary(502) 875-5240
- Bluegrass Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 12.76 miles away360 Amsden Avenue Versailles Kentucky 40383Proprietary(859) 873-3111
- Georgetown Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.05 miles away1140 Lexington Road Georgetown Kentucky 40324Proprietary(502) 868-1100
- Jewish Hospital - ShelbyvilleAcute Care Hospitals 18.53 miles away727 Hospital Drive Shelbyville Kentucky 40065Voluntary non-profit - Private(502) 647-4300
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Nak Frankfort, LLC2.02 miles away608 Chamberlin Ave. Frankfort Kentucky 40601Dialysis Stations: 16 (502) 607-0731
- Dci - Frankfort2.21 miles away1038 Burlington Lane Suite B,C,D Frankfort Kentucky 40601Dialysis Stations: 20 (502) 223-5918
- Davita - Versailles Dialysis14.51 miles away480 Lexington Road Ste, E Versailles Kentucky 40383Dialysis Stations: 12 (859) 256-0110
- Fmc - Shelbyville17.88 miles away150 Stonecrest Rd. Shelbyville Kentucky 40065CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (502) 633-6333
- Fmc - Georgetown Dialysis Clinic18.36 miles away98 Mary Lynn Drive Georgetown Kentucky 40324Dialysis Stations: 17 (502) 867-3855
- Saguaro Dialysis LLC18.71 miles away50 Church View Street Shelbyville Kentucky 40065Dialysis Stations: 2 (502) 647-0127
- Dci - Lexington19.99 miles away100 Venture Court Lexington Kentucky 40511Dialysis Stations: 32 (859) 252-7712