Catholic Care Center
6700 E 45th Street North, Wichita KS 67226 · (316) 744-2020 · 90.79% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Catholic Care Center is a large non-profit nursing home in Wichita, Kansas. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this looks like a very good nursing home. In fact, we found this facility to be better than most of the nursing homes in Wichita, which has a city grade of B. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 176 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to performing well overall, this nursing home received even higher grades in the area of short-term care. In fact, it earned one of our highest grades in that area with an A-. Our short-term care ratings are important for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This facility was satisfactory in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered a reasonable level of care from both physical therapists and registered nurses. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that returned home from this facility. This place fared better than most facilities in the nation in this area with 55.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we awarded this facility an B+. We assessed the levels of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home offers a very impressive 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is among the higher totals in Kansas. Finally, we also looked at nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as good measures of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was long-term care, where this facility was given a B-. Even though this ended up being its poorest category rating, this is nevertheless not the end of the world. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. While we determined this facility had an impressive quantity of nursing care provided by nurses aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccine statistics to be somewhat lower than we expected. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 78.17461 percent of its residents. This is one statistic we would really like to see this facility improve on. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.55 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Catholic Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better