Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Owensboro, Kentucky. Sporting an overall rating of A-, this nursing home is one of the higher-rated facilities we looked at. You simply can't do any better than this place. This place also received very consistent scores in each of our categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was dominant in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes received a better grade in this area. In our short-term care category, we strive to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing grade assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning patients more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category, this facility also received an impressive long-term care grade, with a grade of B+. This wrapped up a first-rate profile. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 89.411766 percent of its residents. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 6.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who developed pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 3.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 2.5% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 7.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 32.14% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 8.84% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 93.69% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 16% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 16.13% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels. Many would argue that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 16.13% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 9.18% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center, 87.7% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Owensboro, KY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- 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
Looking for more options? Owensboro, Kentucky has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Owensboro Health Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.46 miles away1201 Pleasant Valley Road Owensboro Kentucky 42303Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 417-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Owensboro Home Dialysis1.29 miles away3250 Kidron Valley Way Owensboro Kentucky 42303Dialysis Stations: 4 (270) 691-9605
- Davita - Owensboro Dialysis Center2.56 miles away1930 East Parrish Avenue Owensboro Kentucky 42303CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (270) 926-0120