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Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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58 Cal Hill Road,
Pine Knot KY 42635

(606) 354-3155

86.5% estimated occupancy 1

Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County is a small facility located in Pine Knot, Kentucky. With an overall score of D, this is a subpar facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Pine Knot. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.

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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
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Although we did not rate this facility well overall, we want to point out its decent grade of B- in the category of long-term care. In calculating our long-term care scores, we analyze the personal care received by the facility's residents. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility gave the vaccine to 99.40476 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable figure. This facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also awarded this facility a solid grade in the area of short-term care, with a grade of B-. Short-term care ratings are vital for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The important question is whether this also impacted quality of care. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below average.

Facility Inspections

Grade: C

This nursing home earned mediocre government inspections in recent years. We awarded them a grade of C in this category. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This tells you that this facility avoided the more ominous categories of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The last area we assessed was nursing, was this nursing home's worst category. We gave this nursing home a D in that category. Our nursing rating assesses many components, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is not a very impressive figure. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this nursing home also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these statistics hurt this facility's nursing rating quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 14.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure measures the percent of long-term residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 3.57% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients who have had falls which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 2.48% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 13.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 32.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Higher rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 99.7% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 21.52% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 24.2% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 24.2% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 27.26% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Signature HealthCARE of McCreary County, 85.95% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Big South Fork Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.07 miles away18797 Alberta Street Oneida Tennessee 37841Proprietary(423) 286-5300
  • Jellico Medical Center, IncAcute Care Hospitals 17.48 miles away188 Hospital Lane Jellico Tennessee 37762Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 784-7252

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=185211