Kokomo Healthcare Center is located in Kokomo, Indiana. We gave this facility an alarming overall grade based on the data we looked at. This place is about as bad as it gets. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Kokomo Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Kokomo Healthcare Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Oncology Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We really were not high on this facility's overall score or its category ratings. We gave it just a D for inspections and that actually proved to be its best grade. Our inspection grades weigh many items on the nursing home's inspection reports. If you find too many deficiencies on the reports, this is generally a bad sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. This nursing home had 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this facility only received a D for its short-term care score, which turns out to be one of its more respectable category scores. Our short-term care scores are crucial for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we gave this nursing home an F in the area of long-term care. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means the facility didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated just 76.49254 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the final category, this facility really did not perform well here either. Due to a poor grade of F in nursing, this is really as bad as it gets. Nursing grades are based largely on nurse staffing levels. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were well below average. To pair with its below average total nursing hours per patient, this facility had really poor marks in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. For starters, we looked at the percentage of residents sustaining falls which led to serious injury. This facility was at more than 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kokomo Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 5.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 5.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents which suffered a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care residents which suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 3.36% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 27.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 62.45% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 82.93% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 9.52% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 1.84% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 1.84% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 15.47% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Kokomo Healthcare Center, 89.02% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Kokomo, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- 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 B-plus
Looking for more options? Kokomo, Indiana has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Community Howard Regional Health IncAcute Care Hospitals 0.73 miles away3500 S Lafountain St Kokomo Indiana 46902Voluntary non-profit - Private(765) 776-8000
- St Vincent KokomoAcute Care Hospitals 2.45 miles away1907 W Sycamore St Kokomo Indiana 46904Voluntary non-profit - Church(765) 452-5611
- Indiana University Health Tipton Hospital IncCritical Access Hospitals 13.57 miles away1000 S Main St Tipton Indiana 46072Voluntary non-profit - Other(765) 675-8500
- St Vincent Mercy HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.64 miles away1331 S a St Elwood Indiana 46036Voluntary non-profit - Church(765) 552-4743
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care Kokomo Dialysis1.01 miles away3760 S. Reed Road Kokomo Indiana 46902Dialysis Stations: 15 (765) 864-1669
- Fmc - Kokomo1.55 miles away2350 S Dixon Road, Ste 450 Kokomo Indiana 46902CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (765) 453-0052