Superior Care Home is in Paducah, Kentucky. This facility was given an A- overall, which is among the most impressive grades we offer. A score of this caliber requires first-rate scores across the board. Based on all of the relevant data, you can't go wrong with this place. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Superior Care Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a quality overall score, this nursing home also earned excellent health inspections recently. We awarded it one of our highest grades in that area, with a grade of A-. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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. This is really what you want to see on an inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was dominant in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Not many facilities fared better in this area. In our short-term care category, we try to forge a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. The nursing grade features a host of datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category, this nursing home also received a very strong long-term care grade, with a B+. This completed an elite profile. Facilities that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.6 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a deadly condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Superior Care Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Superior Care Home, 6.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Superior Care Home, 4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Superior Care Home, 1.72% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Superior Care Home, 15.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Superior Care Home, 40.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Superior Care Home, 3.43% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Superior Care Home, 95.45% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Superior Care Home, 9.21% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Superior Care Home, 19.39% of Residents
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Superior Care Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Superior Care Home, 19.39% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Superior Care Home, 10.5% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Superior Care Home, 86.15% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Paducah, KY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Paducah, Kentucky has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Lourdes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.31 miles away1530 Lone Oak Road Paducah Kentucky 42003Voluntary non-profit - Church(270) 444-2444
- Baptist Health PaducahAcute Care Hospitals 5.79 miles away2501 Kentucky Avenue Paducah Kentucky 42003Voluntary non-profit - Church(270) 575-2100
- Massac Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 8.81 miles away28 Chick Street, PO Box 850 Metropolis Illinois 62960Government - Hospital District or Authority(618) 524-2176
- Jackson Purchase Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.87 miles away1099 Medical Center Circle Mayfield Kentucky 42066Government - Hospital District or Authority(270) 251-4585
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Dialysis of Paducah4.35 miles away1532 Lone Oak Road, Suite g15 Paducah Kentucky 42003Dialysis Stations: 17 (270) 443-0217
- Fmc - South Paducah7.92 miles away1061 Husband Rd Paducah Kentucky 42003Dialysis Stations: 16 (270) 442-5020
- Fmc - of Metropolis8.74 miles away20 Hospital Drive Metropolis Illinois 62960Dialysis Stations: 8 (618) 524-3046
- Fmc - Dialysis of Mayfield19.81 miles away1029 Medical Center Circle Ste 301 Mayfield Kentucky 42066Dialysis Stations: 13 (270) 247-7291