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Prairie Senior at Citizens Health

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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1625 S Franklin Avenue,
Colby KS 67701

(785) 462-8295

80.83% estimated occupancy 1

Prairie Senior at Citizens Health is a small hospital-based facility in Colby, Kansas. This facility was given an A- overall, which is among the top grades we offer. A score of this caliber requires excellent scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top quarter of all facilities in the United States. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile is its long-term care score. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Colby, Kansas badge

Best Nursing Home in Colby, Kansas Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Kansas badge

Top Nursing Home in Kansas Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Colby, Kansas badge

Best Nursing Home in Colby, Kansas Awards 2021

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent long-term care score, with a grade of A. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. The nursing grade weighs several subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The final area we rated was short-term care. In this category, we awarded this nursing home an impressive grade of B. Our short-term care scores are considered to be most meaningful for folks requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 3.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Prairie Senior at Citizens Health Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 4.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 6.91% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 6.63% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of long-term stay patients which have sustained a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 13.89% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 53.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents who are given antianxiety medication. These medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 11.67% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 100% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 14.36% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 17.67% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Prairie Senior at Citizens Health, 17.67% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Citizens Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.44 miles away100 E College Drive Colby Kansas 67701Voluntary non-profit - Private(785) 462-7511
  • Logan County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.66 miles away211 Cherry Avenue Oakley Kansas 67748Government - Local(785) 672-3211