The Pavilion at Kenton
401 East 20th Street, Covington KY 41014 · (859) 283-6600 · 91.97% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
The Pavilion at Kenton is the sole option we found in Covington, Kentucky. Sporting an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. You could definitely do worse than this nursing home. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection score, which we will address in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 81 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless health inspection reports in recent years. We awarded them an A+ in this category. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next most favorable area was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in this area. This is essentially a slightly below average grade in this area. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is an above average percentage. Unfortunately, this place's hospitalization rate was less favorable. We found that this nursing home had 2.26 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. The nursing grade is based on quite a few subcategories, but the paramount consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular facility provided just 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This figure is far below average. Finally, we also considered a few quality-based statistics in this category. While this nursing home didn't rank well in terms of its nursing hours per resident, it performed much better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility fared better than the national average. This is typically a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented with better nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's worst area is short-term care, which is the last area we scored. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of just D. Our short-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. In this place's case, it looks like it provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 38.3 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Pavilion at Kenton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall resulting in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better