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Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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550 High St.,
Bowling Green KY 42101

(270) 843-3296

66.07% estimated occupancy 1

Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green is a large facility located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We awarded this facility an overall grade of C. A grade of this caliber requires some solid marks. Bowling Green received a city grade of B, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its exemplary inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Oncology Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that category, with an A. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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 always a good sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, we gave this facility a grade of B+ in our long-term care category. This is one of our more impressive grades. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Unfortunately, this facility received an F for its short-term care score. In our short-term care grade, we endeavor to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 3.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The next area we assessed was nursing, which ended up being this nursing home's least impressive category. We gave it an abysmal F in this area, which is clearly very disappointing. There are a host of factors included in this area. Many of these subcategories relate to levels of nurse staffing. With only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, this facility's nurse staffing levels were quite a bit below average. On top of being below average in nursing hours per resident, this place also had poor marks in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility was at about 1.5 times the national average in both of these data points. This is a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These metrics helped pull down this facility's nursing grade significantly.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 12.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric is is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 5.21% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that sustained falls which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 4.12% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who sustained a UTI. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 14.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 25.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 11.51% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 99.58% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 9.04% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 9.86% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 9.86% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 13.28% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green, 94.81% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Bowling Green, KY

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • 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 A

Looking for more options? Bowling Green, Kentucky has 5 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • The Medical Center at Bowling GreenAcute Care Hospitals 0.3 miles away250 Park Street Bowling Green Kentucky 42101Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 745-1000
  • Tristar Greenview Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.88 miles away1801 Ashley Circle Bowling Green Kentucky 42104Proprietary(270) 793-1000
  • The Medical Center at ScottsvilleCritical Access Hospitals 19.96 miles away456 Burnley Road Scottsville Kentucky 42164Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 622-2800

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Dialysis of Warren County0.59 miles away391 Suwannee Trail St. Bowling Green Kentucky 42103CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (270) 746-5805
  • Bio-Medical Application of Kentucky, Inc.1.95 miles away1834 Lyda Avenue Bowling Green Kentucky 42104Dialysis Stations: 6 (270) 846-4975
  • Fmc - Bowling Green Kidney Center2.44 miles away262 Natchez Trace Ave Bowling Green Kentucky 42103CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (270) 842-2154
  • Davita Lost River Dialysis3.85 miles away737 Dishman Lane Bowling Green Kentucky 42101Dialysis Stations: 12 (270) 846-1054

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=185089