Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is in Paducah, Kentucky, a city with a total of 57,643 people. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility. It was given one of the most impressive grades we offer. A grade in this range requires superb scores across the board. Not surprisingly, this turned out to be substantially better than many of the facilities in the city. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's stellar profile is its inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
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- Independent Living
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
To pair with a great overall grade, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its elite resume, this facility also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in the category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 82.31174 percent of its patients. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Moving on our third area, this facility received a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a score of A- in this area. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
In the final category, this facility also was given a first-rate nursing grade, with an A-. This topped off a rare straight A profile. Our nursing rating weighs a number of subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 4.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.28% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who have had a fall resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.31% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 16.94% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who are given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 41.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.15% of Patients
This is the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 86.92% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 16.16% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 22.05% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 22.05% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 14.06% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 74.72% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Paducah, KY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Paducah, Kentucky has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Lourdes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.87 miles away1530 Lone Oak Road Paducah Kentucky 42003Voluntary non-profit - Church(270) 444-2444
- Baptist Health PaducahAcute Care Hospitals 0.91 miles away2501 Kentucky Avenue Paducah Kentucky 42003Voluntary non-profit - Church(270) 575-2100
- Massac Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 9.03 miles away28 Chick Street, PO Box 850 Metropolis Illinois 62960Government - Hospital District or Authority(618) 524-2176
- Marshall County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 20 miles away615 Old Symsonia Road Benton Kentucky 42025Government - Hospital District or Authority(270) 527-4800
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Dialysis of Paducah0.83 miles away1532 Lone Oak Road, Suite g15 Paducah Kentucky 42003Dialysis Stations: 17 (270) 443-0217
- Fmc - South Paducah3.23 miles away1061 Husband Rd Paducah Kentucky 42003Dialysis Stations: 16 (270) 442-5020
- Fmc - of Metropolis9.02 miles away20 Hospital Drive Metropolis Illinois 62960Dialysis Stations: 8 (618) 524-3046