Colby Operator

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Colby Operator's website

105 East College Drive,
Colby KS 67701

(785) 462-6721

74.24% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Colby Operator has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Colby Operator is a small facility located in Colby, Kansas. This is a well below average facility, with an overall grade of D. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Colby. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category was nursing, which is discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Nurse Quality

Even though we did not rate this facility well overall, we want to point out its decent grade of B- in nursing. Our nursing score is based on quite a few factors, but the paramount consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home received its next highest category score in the category of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is a decent grade. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.

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Facility Inspections

This facility earned slightly below average government inspections in recent years. We awarded them a grade of C in this area. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

Long-term Care Quality

The next area we scored was long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of C in that area. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 93.85965 percent of its patients. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Colby Operator Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Colby Operator, 7.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Colby Operator, 5.14% of Patients had Serious Falls

This gauges the percent of long-term care patients who have suffered a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Colby Operator, 3.56% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Colby Operator, 17.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients that are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Colby Operator, 22.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Colby Operator, 5.98% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Colby Operator, 91.04% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Colby Operator, 16.84% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the decline of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Colby Operator, 19.61% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Colby Operator, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Colby Operator, 19.61 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

Citizens Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.03 miles away100 E College Drive Colby Kansas 67701Voluntary non-profit - Private(785) 462-7511
Logan County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 20 miles away211 Cherry Avenue Oakley Kansas 67748Government - Local(785) 672-3211