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Helmwood Healthcare Center

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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106 Diecks Drive,
Elizabethtown KY 42701

(270) 737-2738

85.5% estimated occupancy 1

Helmwood Healthcare Center is a small non-profit nursing home located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Sporting an overall rating of B-, this is a solid nursing home. Based on our analysis, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its stellar inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection score. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall score. In the inspections category, we gave this facility an A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Additionally, we gave this nursing home a B+ in our long-term care category. This happens to be one of our more impressive scores. For patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 83.61582 percent of its residents, which is a few points lower than we anticipated. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. When computing a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses are with residents and the level of skill of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving a patient at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last area we scored was short-term care, which was this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this category. Unfortunately, this score pulled down the facility's overall grade a bit. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. In this facility's case, it looks like it provides fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 3.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Helmwood Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 9.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 3.96% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which experienced a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 16.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 29.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 8.23% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 89.41% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 16.24% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 15.8% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 15.8 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 13.87 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Helmwood Healthcare Center, 72.54% Percentage of Resident

This is the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Hardin Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.16 miles away913 North Dixie Avenue Elizabethtown Kentucky 42701Government - Local(270) 737-1212

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - of Hardin County1.36 miles away1324 Woodland Drive, Ste B Elizabethtown Kentucky 42701Dialysis Stations: 13 (270) 763-0396
  • Davita - Dialysis of Central Kentucky2 miles away2807 Ring Road Elizabethtown Kentucky 42702Dialysis Stations: 29 (270) 735-1883
  • Davita - Radcliff Dialysis9.69 miles away180 East Lincoln Trail Blvd Radcliff Kentucky 40160Dialysis Stations: 12 (270) 352-2252
  • Fmc-Nak Radcliff, LLC9.94 miles away211 E Lincoln Trail Blvd Radcliff Kentucky 40160Dialysis Stations: 13 (270) 352-2555