The Willows at Springhurst is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Louisville, Kentucky. This turns out to be a grade A facility, which is a truly elite grade. Based on our assessment, you can't go wrong here. Headlining this place's stellar report card is its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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The Willows at Springhurst
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- Independent Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate facility overall, it also excelled in inspections, where it earned an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a very strong long-term care grade. In fact, this is its second best category grade. In that area, this facility received a grade of A. For residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 93.43066 percent of its patients, which is slightly less than we were hoping for. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a dominant short-term care score. Indeed, this is this facility's third strongest category score. In that category, this facility received a score of A-. Our short-term care grades are likely more critical for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
In the final category we assessed, this facility received an impressive grade grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this score, the nursing home completed an elite profile. Our nursing rating 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 patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving a patient more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Willows at Springhurst Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Willows at Springhurst, 4.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Willows at Springhurst, 5.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Willows at Springhurst, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Willows at Springhurst, 3.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents that are prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Willows at Springhurst, 28.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Willows at Springhurst, 0% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Willows at Springhurst, 94.12% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Willows at Springhurst, 28.45% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Willows at Springhurst, 23.34% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Many would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Willows at Springhurst, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Willows at Springhurst, 23.34% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Willows at Springhurst, 7.78% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Willows at Springhurst, 66.42% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Scores for Louisville, 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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