Little Sisters of the Poor

Little Sisters of the Poor is in Louisville, Kentucky. This city is among the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation with has 736,284 people. We awarded this facility a quality overall score of A-. In fact, we ranked it as the ninth best facility in Louisville according to our rankings. Louisville offers a slew of other nursing homes, but we doubt you will need to visit too many others. This one is a very fine option. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category grades, which are also impressive. It is hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it received a very impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections ended up being its best category. In that category, we awarded this facility an A. Inspection grades are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also want to alert you to the fact that this facility received an elite grade of A in our long-term care category. Facilities that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.51852 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.44 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. We weighed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

In the last category we assessed, this nursing home was awarded a very favorable grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home completed a first-rate profile. In the category of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.