Azria Health Olathe

The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection score. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A-. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This nursing home also received a positive score in our long-term care category. We gave this facility a better than average grade of B in that category. For residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 45.524296 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Our nursing score includes quite a few components, but the primary one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is far below average. Lastly, nursing grades also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

The final category we scored was short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in that category. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. It doesn't look like this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.