Glasgow State Nursing Facility is a nursing home located in Glasgow, Kentucky, a city with a total of 30,349 people. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-rated facilities we assessed. In fact, it was given the top grade. This is really as good of a nursing home as you'll find. One of the best aspects of this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Glasgow State Nursing Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - State
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Mental Health
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its strong overall score, we gave this place an A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. It does not appear that we have information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we awarded this facility an A+. Our nursing rating consists of many datapoints, but the primary consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving patients at least once a day.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our next area, this high end facility also was superb in the category of long-term care. In this category, it received a A+. Very few nursing homes fared better in this area. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the datapoints we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 94.41341 percent of its residents. This is a great way to avoid negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up 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 only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The fourth area we assessed was short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of A-. This finished off an elite report card. Few facilities earned an A- or better in all four categories. Short-term care ratings are critical for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Glasgow State Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 9.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 3.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 16.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 29.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 8.23% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 89.41% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 16.24% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 15.8% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Glasgow State Nursing Facility, 15.8 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Scores for Glasgow, 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Glasgow, Kentucky has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- T J Samson Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.3 miles away1301 North Race Street Glasgow Kentucky 42141Voluntary non-profit - Other(270) 651-4159
- The Medical Center at CavernaCritical Access Hospitals 10.33 miles away1501 South Dixie Street Horse Cave Kentucky 42749Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 786-2191
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Glasgow Kidney Center0.4 miles away205 Professional Park Drive Glasgow Kentucky 42141Dialysis Stations: 15 (270) 651-7776
- t.j. Samson Kidney Care0.92 miles away310 n.l. Rogers Wells Blvd. Glasgow Kentucky 42141CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (270) 659-5580