Springfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
420 East Grundy Avenue, Springfield KY 40069 · (859) 336-7771 · 87.28% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Springfield, Kentucky, Springfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is the lone option located there. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a quality rating. Based on our analysis, you could do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 70 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its strong overall performance, we awarded this facility an A+ for the area of inspections. Our inspection scores are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. For patients seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 88.78924 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Despite having 1.79 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than the majority of nursing homes since it had some more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This place provides 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, we also considered some quality-based measures in this category. While this nursing home didn't rank highly in terms of nursing hours per resident, it fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, this facility fared better than average. This is generally a reliable indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided with better nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we rated was short-term care, is this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a D in this area. This really is one of the few weak links of a quality profile. With our short-term care grade, we try to create a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other facilities. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 41.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Springfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better