Caritas Center is a very-small non-profit nursing home located in Wichita, Kansas. Featuring an overall grade of A, this nursing home is ranked among the highest-rated facilities we found. Even in a city with 13 nursing homes, this facility caught our attention as a quality selection. Keep reading to see this place's category scores, which are equally impressive. You just can't do much better than a straight A report card.
Caritas Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with a grade of A+. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A. Nursing ratings are largely tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its remarkable assessment, this facility also was given an excellent short-term care grade, with a grade of A. With our short-term care grade, we attempt to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for our long-term care grade. This wrapped up an elite profile. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. After we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly illness for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility doesn't take any chances. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Caritas Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Caritas Center, 6.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Caritas Center, 5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a fall leading to major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Caritas Center, 3.56% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Caritas Center, 18.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Caritas Center, 22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Caritas Center, 5.66% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Caritas Center, 91.03% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Caritas Center, 16.97% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Caritas Center, 17% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Caritas Center, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Caritas Center, 17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Scores for Wichita, 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
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Wichita, Kansas has 12 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Ascension via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Acute Care Hospitals 3.45 miles away929 North St Francis Street Wichita Kansas 67214Voluntary non-profit - Church(316) 268-5000
- Wesley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.81 miles away550 N Hillside Street Wichita Kansas 67214Proprietary(316) 962-2000
- Ascension via Christi Hospital St. Teresa, Inc.Acute Care Hospitals 8.27 miles away14800 West St Teresa Wichita Kansas 67235Voluntary non-profit - Church(316) 796-7800
- Kansas Medical Center LLCAcute Care Hospitals 13.35 miles away1124 West 21st Street Andover Kansas 67002Proprietary(316) 300-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Air Capital Dialysis1.62 miles away1812 S Seneca St Suite 110 Wichita Kansas 67213Dialysis Stations: 17 (316) 263-1248
- Wichita Dialysis Center3.27 miles away909 N. Topeka Wichita Kansas 67214CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (316) 263-9090
- Fmc - Wichita3.41 miles away1007 N. Emporia Wichita Kansas 67214CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (316) 264-3115
- Renal Care Group - Wichita West3.57 miles away750 N Socora Ste 500 Wichita Kansas 67212Dialysis Stations: 12 (316) 729-5321
- East Wichita Dialysis Center4.73 miles away320 N. Hillside Wichita Kansas 67214CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (316) 684-3200
- Pediatrics Dialysis Service at Wesley4.87 miles away550 N Hillside Wichita Kansas 67214Dialysis Stations: 4 (316) 962-2000
- Maize Dialysis Center7.36 miles away10001 Grady Avenue Maize Kansas 67101CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (316) 773-1400
- Renal Care Group- Wichita East9.04 miles away9341 E 21st N Wichita Kansas 67206CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (316) 634-6760