Andbe Home is in Norton, Kansas, a city with a total of 4,362 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires quality marks in most areas. Based on our analysis, this place has quite a bit going for it. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Andbe Home
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this turned out to be a strong nursing home is that it received a very impressive inspection score. Inspections is its best category grade. In this category, we awarded it a grade of A. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an B. In determining a facility's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses commit to patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our better scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B. Our short-term care grade is typically used to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
Our next category is long-term care, in which we awarded this facility a grade of B- in this area. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.35897 percent of its residents. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Andbe Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Andbe Home, 6% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Andbe Home, 8.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Andbe Home, 3.33% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who experienced UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this datapoint could also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Andbe Home, 14.94% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Andbe Home, 27.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Andbe Home, 6.12% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression may imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Andbe Home, 99.1% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Andbe Home, 31.48% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Andbe Home, 10.02% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Andbe Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Andbe Home, 10.02% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Norton County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.23 miles away102 E Holme Street Norton Kansas 67654Government - Local(785) 877-3351