Dawson Place is a small non-profit nursing home located in Hill City, Kansas. With an overall rating of A-, this facility is one of the better facilities we assessed. Based on our analysis, this facility is really as good as it gets. As you will find below, this place also performed just fine in our category grades. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Dawson Place
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- No Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
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Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received a strong nursing score. We gave it an A in that category. In calculating our nursing grades, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was given a score of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. In our short-term care assessment, we strive to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded proved to be this nursing home's worst category. Nevertheless, even its worst category would likely be a strength for most facilities. In fact, we gave it a favorable grade of B for our long-term care category. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 89.89899 percent of its residents. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Dawson Place Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Dawson Place, 4% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which suffer from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Dawson Place, 3.03% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents who have suffered falls which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Dawson Place, 12.12% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Dawson Place, 4.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Dawson Place, 21.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Dawson Place, 3.23% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Dawson Place, 92.22% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Dawson Place, 8.43% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Dawson Place, 7.64% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Dawson Place, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Dawson Place, 7.64% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Graham County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.08 miles away304 West Prout Street Hill City Kansas 67642Government - Local(785) 421-2121