Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing is an average-sized nursing home located in Louisville, Kentucky. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this appears to be a middle of the road nursing home. This place seems to have some things going for it. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
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Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing
- Nursing Home
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
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an impressive grade of A- for that area. For residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 77.97834 percent of its patients. This is a few points less than we anticipated. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home's second best category grade came in the area of government inspections. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government 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.
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Nurse Quality
One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. When computing our nursing ratings, we factor in both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we graded was short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of C in this area. In determining our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 7.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 0.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 0.75% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 10.87% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay 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 situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 17.58% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 10.44% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 85.34% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 5.51% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 3.02% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 3.02% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 9.4% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Landmark of River City Rehabilitation and Nursing, 93.1% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Louisville, KY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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