Hireek Rehabilitation and Care
3116 Breckinridge Lane, Louisville KY 40220 · (502) 459-9120 · 69.24% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Hireek Rehabilitation and Care is located in the large metropolitan area of Louisville, Kentucky. With an overall grade of B-, this looks like a solid nursing home. The nursing homes in Louisville received quality scores across the board with a city grade of a B. We were also pleased to discover that this place received consistently decent grades in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 172 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. Inspection scores are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's better category scores was in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this area. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 96.90722 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.24 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. The nursing rating is based on quite a few datapoints, however, the primary one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides only 2.9 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a somewhat concerning figure as it is well below average. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Although this facility did not have as many nursing hours as many other facilities we looked at, it was still better than average in the area of preventing falls. This is often a reliable indicator of how carefully a facility's nursing staff is tending to its residents. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses and safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Our last category is short-term care, where we gave this nursing home a grade of C in that area. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The last item we assessed in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that it performed respectably with 46.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hireek Rehabilitation and Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better