Brighton Place North is in Topeka, Kansas. This nursing home proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Brighton Place North
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- No Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Radiation Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially wanted to emphasize its excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave it an A in this area. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility received an impressive long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 12.500003 percent of its patients, which is a few points lower than we expected. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next highest area we gave this facility in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Short-term care scores are meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last item we looked at in this category is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our last category, this facility was given a grade of B- in nursing, which is a respectable rating. Our nursing grade is based on several factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This particular facility provided just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is significantly below the national average. Lastly, although this place got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this area.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brighton Place North Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brighton Place North, 5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brighton Place North, 3.56% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brighton Place North, 18.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brighton Place North, 22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brighton Place North, 5.66% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brighton Place North, 91.03% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brighton Place North, 16.97% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brighton Place North, 17% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Brighton Place North, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brighton Place North, 17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Scores for Topeka, KS
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Topeka, Kansas has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- University of Kansas Hlth System St Francis CampusAcute Care Hospitals 2.32 miles away1700 Sw 7th Street Topeka Kansas 66606Voluntary non-profit - Church(785) 295-8000
- Stormont Vail HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.46 miles away1500 Sw 10th Avenue Topeka Kansas 66604Voluntary non-profit - Private(785) 354-6121
Nearby Dialysis
- Topeka Dialysis2.43 miles away634 Sw Mulvane #300 Topeka Kansas 66606CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 50 (785) 234-2277
- Dialysis Specialists of Topeka, Inc.4.08 miles away3931 Gage Center Drive Topeka Kansas 66604Dialysis Stations: 12 (785) 228-8978
- Fkc - Topeka East4.43 miles away3408 Se 29th Street Topeka Kansas 66605Dialysis Stations: 13 (785) 266-3087
- Davita Wanamaker Dialysis7.53 miles away3711 Sw Wanamaker Road Topeka Kansas 66610Dialysis Stations: 24 (785) 273-1824