Grant Center

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.