Kingsbrook Lifecare Center is a large non-profit nursing home located in Ashland, Kentucky. This facility received an extremely impressive overall score of A, resulting in it being the number one rated nursing home in Ashland. You flat out can't do much better than this nursing home. As you can find below, this facility also performed just fine in our category grades. It is hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Kingsbrook Lifecare 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
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
On top of earning a quality overall grade, this facility also received excellent inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best scores in that category, with an A. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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
To add to its elite achievements in other areas, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for its long-term care score. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 96.20596 percent of its residents, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our third category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A- for our short-term care rating. This is a first-rate score. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is considered to be a solid measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
In our final area, this facility also was given an impressive nursing grade, with a B+. This topped off a first-rate report card. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This place was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kingsbrook Lifecare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 8.74% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 3.52% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have had falls which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 5.85% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 14.94% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 23.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 0% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 96.6% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 5.95% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 10.08% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 10.08% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 20.77% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Kingsbrook Lifecare Center, 64.73% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Our Lady of Bellefonte HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.8 miles away1000 Saint Christopher Drive Ashland Kentucky 41101Voluntary non-profit - Private(606) 833-3600
- King's Daughters' Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.19 miles away2201 Lexington Avenue Ashland Kentucky 41101Voluntary non-profit - Private(606) 408-4401
- Cabell Huntington Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 15.08 miles away1340 Hal Greer Boulevard Huntington West Virginia 25701Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 526-2192
- St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.07 miles away2900 1st Avenue Huntington West Virginia 25702Voluntary non-profit - Church(304) 526-1234
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Ashland2.85 miles away432 16th Street, Suite A Ashland Kentucky 41101Dialysis Stations: 18 (606) 325-5268
- Fmc - Greenup2.9 miles away965 Townhill Plaza Greenup Kentucky 41144Dialysis Stations: 13 (606) 473-0410
- Fmc - Central Ashland2.98 miles away424 River Hill Drive Ashland Kentucky 41101Dialysis Stations: 20 (606) 329-0363
- Fmc - Ironton3.64 miles away158 N 2nd Street Ironton Ohio 45638Dialysis Stations: 16 (740) 532-3099
- Labette Dialysis LLC10.77 miles away367 County Road 406, Unit 11 South Point Ohio 45680Dialysis Stations: 9 (740) 894-0830
- Fmc - Tri-State Dialysis13.21 miles away517 3rd Avenue Chesapeake Ohio 45619Dialysis Stations: 15 (740) 867-4471
- J Robert Pritchard Dialysis Center15.18 miles away1690 Medical Center Dr Huntington West Virginia 25701CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (304) 399-1290
- Fms Cabell Huntington Dialysis Centers, LLC15.31 miles away1500 17th Street Huntington West Virginia 25701Dialysis Stations: 4 (304) 525-8091