Northpoint/Lexington Healthcare Center
1500 Trent Boulevard, Lexington KY 40515 · (859) 272-2273 · 92.26% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Northpoint/Lexington Healthcare Center is in Lexington, Kentucky. This city is among the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation with has 296,965 people. With an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. In our view, this place would be a good fit for most people. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 150 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its relatively modest overall score, we gave this facility an A- for our inspections rating. This is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's higher category scores came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a B+. It actually fared better than most facilities in this category. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.415504 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. The last statistic we assessed was its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is middle of the pack in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we looked at is short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of C in this category. Our short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 43.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
The next category we scored is nursing, which ended up being this facility's weakest area. It received an F in this area, which is clearly very concerning. We assessed the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with patients, in calculating our grade in this area. This particular nursing home provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this place also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these statistics hurt this facility's nursing grade quite a bit.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Northpoint/Lexington Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better