Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center is in Calhoun, Kentucky. We gave this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. This is really as good of a place as you're going to find. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its long-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 47.77328 percent of its patients. This is a few points below what we anticipated. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the rare facilities to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This score is based on the facility's recent inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the biggest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. There are quite a few criteria within this area. Most of these datapoints are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final area, this facility received a respectable short-term care grade. While this was not quite as good as several of its other grades, this is truly not a poor grade. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 4.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 9.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 2.74% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 15.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for treating several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 28.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 8.85% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 90.04% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 15.42% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 13.78 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Riverside Care & Rehabilitation Center, 72.12% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Owensboro Health Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.1 miles away1201 Pleasant Valley Road Owensboro Kentucky 42303Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 417-2000
- Baptist Health MadisonvilleAcute Care Hospitals 19.39 miles away900 Hospital Drive Madisonville Kentucky 42431Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 825-5100
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Owensboro Home Dialysis17.63 miles away3250 Kidron Valley Way Owensboro Kentucky 42303Dialysis Stations: 4 (270) 691-9605
- Davita - Owensboro Dialysis Center17.96 miles away1930 East Parrish Avenue Owensboro Kentucky 42303CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (270) 926-0120
- Fmc - Central City18.2 miles away401 W. Whitmer St. Central City Kentucky 42330Dialysis Stations: 20 (270) 754-2380
- Davita - Madisonville Dialysis Center19.57 miles away255 E. North Street Madisonville Kentucky 42431Dialysis Stations: 21 (270) 821-7824