Tradewater Pointe is a small facility in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Sporting an overall score of B, this looks like a very respectable option. In our view, this facility is a solid choice for quite a few people. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Tradewater Pointe
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in nursing, where it received an A-. The nursing score includes quite a few components, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place 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 prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving residents at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given a strong short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that category with a grade of B. Our short-term care grade is generally used to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to have high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our next area, this nursing home also received a score of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After we finished assessing the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 92.028984 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
Finally, we also awarded this facility a B- for our inspections rating. This facility didn't have any real weak links. We would argue that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. We wish we had more information about this nursing home. Without having all of the deficiency related data, it ended up being challenging to fully evaluate it in terms of this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Tradewater Pointe Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Tradewater Pointe, 9.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Tradewater Pointe, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Tradewater Pointe, 2.74% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Tradewater Pointe, 15.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Tradewater Pointe, 28.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Tradewater Pointe, 8.85% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents showing signs of depression. Many argue this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Tradewater Pointe, 90.04% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Tradewater Pointe, 15.42% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Tradewater Pointe, 20.17% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Tradewater Pointe, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Tradewater Pointe, 20.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Tradewater Pointe, 13.78 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Tradewater Pointe, 72.12% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Caldwell Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 12.44 miles away100 Medical Center Drive Princeton Kentucky 42445Government - Hospital District or Authority(270) 365-0300
- Baptist Health MadisonvilleAcute Care Hospitals 16.28 miles away900 Hospital Drive Madisonville Kentucky 42431Voluntary non-profit - Private(270) 825-5100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Caldwell County Dialysis11.19 miles away401 S. Jefferson Street Princeton Kentucky 42445Dialysis Stations: 16 (270) 365-7588
- Fmc - Madisonville Dialysis15.53 miles away1020 Waterfall Court Madisonville Kentucky 42431Dialysis Stations: 17 (270) 825-3792
- Davita - Madisonville Dialysis Center16.11 miles away255 E. North Street Madisonville Kentucky 42431Dialysis Stations: 21 (270) 821-7824