Telford Terrace is a small non-profit nursing home located in Richmond, Kentucky. With an overall grade of A, this is without a doubt a superb nursing home. Not surprisingly, this is actually the top nursing home in the city. If you look below, you will see this facility's category grades, which are equally strong as its overall score.
Telford Terrace
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. The nursing grade weighs many datapoints, most of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this nursing home was awarded an excellent long-term care score. In fact, it received a score of A in that area. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a life or death health condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't take any chances. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Facility Inspections
This facility also received a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely 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.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we assessed, this facility was given a very strong grade of A- in our short-term care category. With this score, the nursing home rounded out a straight A report card. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is often a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Telford Terrace Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Telford Terrace, 9.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Telford Terrace, 3.88% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Telford Terrace, 2.68% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Telford Terrace, 16.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Telford Terrace, 28.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Telford Terrace, 8.14% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Telford Terrace, 89.73% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Telford Terrace, 15.62% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Telford Terrace, 21.86% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Telford Terrace, 21.86 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baptist Health RichmondAcute Care Hospitals 1.5 miles away801 Eastern Bypass Richmond Kentucky 40475Voluntary non-profit - Private(859) 623-3131
- Saint Joseph BereaCritical Access Hospitals 12.16 miles away305 Estill Street Berea Kentucky 40403Voluntary non-profit - Private(859) 986-6500
- Marcum & Wallace Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.28 miles away60 Mercy Court Irvine Kentucky 40336Voluntary non-profit - Private(606) 723-2115
- Saint Joseph EastAcute Care Hospitals 18.67 miles away150 North Eagle Creek Drive Lexington Kentucky 40509Voluntary non-profit - Private(859) 967-5000
- Clark Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.84 miles away175 Hospital Drive Winchester Kentucky 40391Proprietary(859) 737-8559
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci - Richmond2.27 miles away100 Keystone Drive Richmond Kentucky 40475Dialysis Stations: 15 (859) 625-0939
- Fmc - Central Richmond2.33 miles away1036 Center Dr Ste C Richmond Kentucky 40475Dialysis Stations: 20 (859) 623-6040
- Fmc - Nak Berea, LLC10.91 miles away509 Richmond Road N Berea Kentucky 40403Dialysis Stations: 13 (859) 985-8112
- Fmc - Nicholasville Dialysis16.9 miles away115 Orchard Place Dr. Nicholasville Kentucky 40356Dialysis Stations: 17 (859) 881-0332
- Fmc- Lexington Southwest18.07 miles away978 Chas Drive Lexington Kentucky 40515Dialysis Stations: 17 (859) 260-1706
- Fmc - Winchester18.31 miles away1145 W. Lexington Ave. Winchester Kentucky 40391Dialysis Stations: 16 (859) 744-0750
- Fmc- Lexington South Dialysis18.6 miles away171 N Eagle Creek Dr Ste 110 Lexington Kentucky 40509CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (859) 264-7775
- Fmc - Nalco Home Program18.74 miles away3284 Eagle View Drive Suite 120 Lexington Kentucky 40509Dialysis Stations: 3 (859) 299-3379