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Sandstone Heights

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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440 State Street, PO Box 50a,
Little River KS 67457

(620) 897-6266

76.66% estimated occupancy 1

Sandstone Heights is a small government-owned nursing home located in Little River, Kansas. This facility is ranked among the most elite nursing homes we found. It received one of the highest scores we offer. We were impressed enough to rate this nursing home as one of the top 50 nursing homes in Kansas. Scroll down to find this facility's category scores, which also impressed us. You just can't do much better than a straight A report card.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - Hospital district
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Meal Delivery
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Kansas Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent long-term care score, with a grade of A. For patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 88.541664 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is a bit below what we expected but still a decent percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, 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.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility 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 state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving a resident at least once a day.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Racking up yet another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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

Grade: A-minus

Switching gears to the final category, this nursing home received an excellent short-term care grade. We gave it a grade of A- in this area, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is typically a solid measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Sandstone Heights Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In Sandstone Heights, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Sandstone Heights, 10.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Sandstone Heights, 5.32% of Patients had UTIs

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients that sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Sandstone Heights, 22.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Sandstone Heights, 20.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Sandstone Heights, 6.74% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Sandstone Heights, 92.35% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Sandstone Heights, 21.74% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Sandstone Heights, 20.46% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Sandstone Heights, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Sandstone Heights, 20.46% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Hospital District #1 of Rice CountyCritical Access Hospitals 11.52 miles away619 South Clark Avenue Lyons Kansas 67554Government - Hospital District or Authority(620) 257-5173
  • Mcpherson Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 18.73 miles away1000 Hospital Drive Mcpherson Kansas 67460Voluntary non-profit - Private(620) 241-2250