Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing is a nursing home in Bardstown, Kentucky, a city with 28,245 people. Sporting an overall grade of B, this looks like a very respectable facility. You can certainly do much worse than this place. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.
Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home truly excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of A-. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Our short-term care grades are believed to be more meaningful for people in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next most favorable category we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Our long-term care ratings are more meaningful for folks needing more conventional assistance associated with activities of daily living. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.583336 percent of its patients, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
The last area we scored was nursing. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this area. There are numerous data points included in this grade. Most of these criteria are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this subcategory. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning residents at least once a day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 9.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 2.74% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 15.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 28.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 8.85% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 90.04% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 15.42% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 13.78 Percentage of Patients
This is 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 Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing, 72.12% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Flaget Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.88 miles away4305 New Shepherdsville Road Bardstown Kentucky 40004Voluntary non-profit - Private(502) 350-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Bardstown0.77 miles away317 Kentucky Home Square, Suite 3 Bardstown Kentucky 40004Dialysis Stations: 12 (502) 348-3996
- Davita - Bardstown Dialysis0.95 miles away210 W John Fitch Avenue Bardstown Kentucky 40004Dialysis Stations: 10 (502) 350-1130
- Fmc - Shepherdsville18.33 miles away421 Adam Shepherd Parkway Shepherdsville Kentucky 40165Dialysis Stations: 12 (502) 921-0977