Brighton Gardens of Prairie Village
7105 Mission Road, Prairie Village KS 66208 · (913) 262-1611 · 71.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Prairie Village, Kansas, Brighton Gardens of Prairie Village is one of just two nursing homes in the area. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires above average marks in most areas. Based on our ratings, you could do much worse than this facility. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 45 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is more often than not a reliable assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Remarkably, this nursing home provides roughly one and a half times as many hours of services from physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is generally an encouraging sign. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Kansas in this area with 77.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also excelled in inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our best grades. This is one of the few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range which received multiple category grades this high. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. Nursing scores are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is among the better totals in Kansas. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. We were impressed by both of these figures. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This nursing home fared poorly in two of the major areas we considered, with below average figures for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was this facility's weakest area. However, even in its weakest link we still awarded it an acceptable grade of C in long-term care. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of above average nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination statistics are better than most nursing homes also. Indeed, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This combination proved to be successful as this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brighton Gardens of Prairie Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better