Kindred Hospital - Louisville

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home has received near flawless government inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor 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 deficiencies are quite minor. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home was given an impressive short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B+. Short-term care scores are critical for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in determining our score in this area. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The last area we scored is this facility's worst area. However, even its weakest link would likely be a strength for many facilities. In fact, we awarded it a strong grade of B in long-term care. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the data points we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.28058 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.