Signature Healthcare at Hirest is one of six facilities located in Owensboro, Kentucky. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this looks like a very good facility. You could definitely do much worse than this place. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Signature Healthcare at Hirest
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
3740 Old Hartford Road,
Owensboro KY 42303
70.32% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this area. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this facility's other accomplishments is its superb long-term care score. It received one of our most impressive grades in that area, with a grade of A. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 96.69211 percent of its patients, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. The last datapoint we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 1.83 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is middle of the pack in this area.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. When determining a facility's nursing rating, we look at the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final category, this nursing home received a respectable short-term care rating. Although this isn't quite as elite as many of its other category grades, this is still not a major area of concern. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This facility provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is typically an encouraging sign. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 44.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Signature Healthcare at Hirest Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 9.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 2.7% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 15.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 28.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 7.9% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 91.16% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 15.59% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 21.85% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 1.51 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 21.85 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 13.28 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Signature Healthcare at Hirest, 72.21% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Owensboro, KY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Owensboro, Kentucky has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Owensboro Health Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.75 miles away1201 Pleasant Valley Road Owensboro Kentucky 42303Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 417-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Owensboro Dialysis Center1.74 miles away1930 East Parrish Avenue Owensboro Kentucky 42303CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (270) 926-0120
- Davita - Owensboro Home Dialysis2.72 miles away3250 Kidron Valley Way Owensboro Kentucky 42303Dialysis Stations: 4 (270) 691-9605