Signature Healthcare of Hart County Rehab & Wellne

Signature Healthcare of Hart County Rehab & Wellne is the sole option we found in Horse Cave, Kentucky. It looks like this is a fine nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable grade. You could definitely do much worse than this place. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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.

This facility was awarded impressive scores in the area of long-term care as well. Consequently, we awarded it one of our highest grades in that area with a score of A-. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 96.176476 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.61 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.

Turning to our next category, this nursing home also received a score of B for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this category. Our short-term care scores are likely most meaningful for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than a typical nursing home. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that it was respectable in this area with 46 percent of its residents returning home.

The next area we analyzed was nursing, where this facility received a grade of B-. Even though this ended up being its weakest category score, this is nevertheless not a terrible score. There are several factors within this grade. Most of the subcategories reflect staffing levels. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home was above average in several of the major metrics we focus on, including minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.