Hirest Health and Rehabilitation Center
1245 American Greeting Road, Corbin KY 40702 · (606) 528-8917 · 87.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Hirest Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of four nursing homes located in Corbin, Kentucky. Featuring an overall score of B, this looks like a fine nursing home. Based on our ratings, this place looks like a good fit for most people. Fortunately, this nursing home didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of earning a strong overall score, this nursing home performed even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspections. We awarded it an A+ for that area, which is one of our highest grades. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on deficiency's for this nursing home. We would like to have more information about this nursing home. Without all of the deficiency data, it was a challenge to grade the place in the area of inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
An additional strong feature for this facility is that it was given a favorable long-term care score. In fact, this proved to be its second best category score. In this area, we gave this facility a B. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of offering very favorable levels of nursing care and other staffing, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. The last datapoint we assessed was its hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 2.73 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed was short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a decent grade of B-. In forming these short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 39 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
The next area we scored is nursing. For this category, we gave this facility a grade of C. Our nursing score analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which was among the higher totals we found. Lastly, we also baked a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This nursing home was relatively weak in two of the metrics we looked at, with below average figures for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hirest Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better