Advanced Health Care of Overland Park

While we did not have many favorable things to say about this place's overall score, it did receive a respectable inspection report this year. It received a decent score in this area with a B-. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are largely based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

This nursing home was given its next highest category grade in the area of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable score. Short-term care ratings are important for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 7.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

Our final category is long-term care, where we gave this facility a grade of C in this category. Long-term care grades are based in part on the facility's volume of nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were not able to find information about this nursing home's vaccination rates. Lastly, this nursing home excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.