Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehab Center

With an address in Owensboro, Kentucky, Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehab Center is one of seven available nursing homes there. We awarded this facility an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some decent scores. Based on our analysis, there are definitely far worse facilities out there. This place didn't fare well in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in nursing. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing rating focuses on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of skill of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home also was given a positive long-term care score. As a matter of fact, we awarded it a B in that area, which is one of our more favorable scores. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 92.11957 percent of its patients. This is a bit less than we expected but still a respectable figure. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 2.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was better than most nursing homes due to it having more complicated patients.

Unfortunately, this facility's third highest score was short-term care. As it turns out, with a D in this area, it still performed somewhat badly. With our short-term care category, we attempt to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Given its score in this area, we weren't shocked to find that this place provided far fewer physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 22.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. This statistic was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.

Unfortunately, this nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection rating. We gave it a grade of just just D in this category. Inspection grades relate to a nursing home's inspection reports. We weight poor inspection scores heavily in our assessment. Since government inspection reports are completed by independent government inspectors, we consider this data to be very reliable. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. This particular facility had a category J or K deficiency, which rank among the worst categories of deficiencies. These categories mean that CMS found a deficiency which places patient safety or health in imminent danger. Lastly, we also would like to point out that this nursing home received large government fines totaling more than $100,000. This often means that a nursing home's poor track record has been an issue for more than one year.