Abc Health Care
307 East South Street, Harrisonville MO 64701 · (816) 380-7399 · 92.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Abc Health Care is located in Harrisonville, Missouri. This city has 14,385 people. This facility received an overall grade of F. Harrisonville received a city grade of C, so there are some other options in the city worth looking at. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection grade. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category grades
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it actually received a relatively impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our more favorable grades in that area with a grade of B. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
This facility's second best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home offered only 2.5 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is an alarmingly low total. To pair with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this place had really poor scores in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing falls leading to major injury. This nursing home was at more than 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is alarming in light of the fact that many falls could be avoided with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the nursing home's fate of receiving a poor nursing rating.
Long-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this nursing home only received a D for its long-term care grade, which is not a score to write home about. Nursing homes that do not score well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 80.995476 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.23 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we scored was short-term care, in which this facility received a very poor grade in this category also. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. Our short-term care grades are presumably most important for those requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. This means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. With a grade in this range for this area, we weren't shocked to learn that this facility was below average in multiple staffing figures we focus on. The facility supplied substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 16.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Abc Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better