Life Care Center of La Center is a small facility located in La Center, Kentucky. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is among the most impressive ratings we offer. A grade of this caliber requires top-notch marks across the board. We really can not say enough great things about this nursing home. Scroll down to find this facility's category scores, which are also quite good. It is hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
Life Care Center of La Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
252 W. 5th Street,
La Center KY 42056
72.57% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a great facility overall, it also earned A+ inspections recently. Its inspections are nearly flawless. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem 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.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also was awarded favorable long-term care scores this year. Indeed, we gave them one of our stronger scores in that category, with a grade of B+. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.42197 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Our nursing rating is based on a handful of components, but the main one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This facility fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented with better nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored was short-term care, where this facility received a B. While this proved to be its weakest category grade, this is still a good score. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. This place performed decently in this area, with 48.6 percent of its patients returning home.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of La Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Life Care Center of La Center, 9.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Life Care Center of La Center, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Life Care Center of La Center, 2.7% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Life Care Center of La Center, 15.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents that were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Life Care Center of La Center, 28.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Life Care Center of La Center, 7.9% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Life Care Center of La Center, 91.16% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Life Care Center of La Center, 15.59% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some experts argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Life Care Center of La Center, 21.85% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Life Care Center of La Center, 1.51 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Life Care Center of La Center, 21.85 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Life Care Center of La Center, 13.28 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Life Care Center of La Center, 72.21% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Massac Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.45 miles away28 Chick Street, PO Box 850 Metropolis Illinois 62960Government - Hospital District or Authority(618) 524-2176
- Lourdes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.18 miles away1530 Lone Oak Road Paducah Kentucky 42003Voluntary non-profit - Church(270) 444-2444
- Baptist Health PaducahAcute Care Hospitals 19.19 miles away2501 Kentucky Avenue Paducah Kentucky 42003Voluntary non-profit - Church(270) 575-2100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - of Metropolis14.34 miles away20 Hospital Drive Metropolis Illinois 62960Dialysis Stations: 8 (618) 524-3046
- Fmc - Dialysis of Paducah18.22 miles away1532 Lone Oak Road, Suite g15 Paducah Kentucky 42003Dialysis Stations: 17 (270) 443-0217