Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne is a facility located in Fort Wayne, Indiana which has a population of 305,409 people. This nursing home turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. Even in a city with 26 other nursing homes, this facility turns out to be a fine option. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne
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- Independent Living
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home excelled at short-term care, where it earned an impressive grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is frequently a fair measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. It received one of our highest grades in that category with an A-. Few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range performed this well in multiple categories. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a somewhat concerning figure which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
Our last category is long-term care, where we awarded this nursing home a C in this category. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 95.06173 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 10.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 2.16% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percent of long-term care patients who experienced a fall which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 1% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 9.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 10% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 1.17% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 94.67% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 16.6% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 15.28% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 15.28% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 4.59% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne, 69.81% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Fort Wayne, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Fort Wayne, Indiana has 25 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.72 miles away700 Broadway Fort Wayne Indiana 46802Proprietary(260) 425-3000
- Dupont Hospital LLCAcute Care Hospitals 3.87 miles away2520 E Dupont Rd Fort Wayne Indiana 46825Proprietary(260) 416-3000
- Orthopaedic Hospital at Parkview North LLCAcute Care Hospitals 4.66 miles away11130 Parkview Circle Dr Fort Wayne Indiana 46845Voluntary non-profit - Private(260) 672-4050
- Parkview Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.68 miles away11109 Parkview Plaza Drive Fort Wayne Indiana 46845Voluntary non-profit - Private(260) 266-1000
- Lutheran Hospital of IndianaAcute Care Hospitals 8.23 miles away7950 W Jefferson Blvd Fort Wayne Indiana 46804Proprietary(260) 435-7001
- Parkview Whitley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.41 miles away1260 E Sr 205 Columbia City Indiana 46725Voluntary non-profit - Private(260) 248-9301
- Dekalb HealthAcute Care Hospitals 17.43 miles away1316 E Seventh St Auburn Indiana 46706Voluntary non-profit - Private(260) 925-4600
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Summit City Dialysis3.23 miles away3233 East Coliseum Blvd. Fort Wayne Indiana 46805CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (260) 373-1599
- Davita-Fort Wayne North Dialysis3.35 miles away415 E Dupont Road Fort Wayne Indiana 46825Dialysis Stations: 13 (260) 637-0431
- Fmc - Dupont Dialysis3.87 miles away10204 East Dupont Circle Drive Fort Wayne Indiana 46825CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (260) 489-9255
- Davita - Fort Wayne West4.87 miles away4916 Illinois Road, Suite 118 Fort Wayne Indiana 46804Dialysis Stations: 14 (260) 434-0483
- Davita - Appleseed5.75 miles away1833 Magnavox Way Fort Wayne Indiana 46804Dialysis Stations: 4 (260) 432-1036
- Davita - Fort Wayne South6.56 miles away302 E. Pettit Ave. Fort Wayne Indiana 46806CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (260) 456-0451
- Fmc - Northeast Indiana Kidney Ctr - Fort Wayne7.26 miles away7836 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite ll10 Fort Wayne Indiana 46804CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (260) 432-4225
- Randolph Dialysis, LLC7.8 miles away6721 Old Trail Road Fort Wayne Indiana 46809Dialysis Stations: 12 (260) 478-8582