Grant Center
201 Kimberly Lane, Williamstown KY 41097 · (859) 824-7803 · 96.52% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Grant Center is an average-sized facility in Williamstown, Kentucky. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this is likely a decent facility. Based on our analysis, this facility has some redeeming qualities. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its exemplary inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 95 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received high marks in the category of long-term care, with top notch score of A- in this category. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 85.843376 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.21 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was middle of the road since it had more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. There are many factors included in this category. Most of these datapoints reflect nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, we like to look at quality-based metrics, such as the percent of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. These datapoints are indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we graded was short-term care, which was this nursing home's least impressive area. Sadly, it received an F for this category, which is certainly concerning. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 32 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics sunk this facility's short-term care score.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grant Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had UTI's. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to 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 tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better