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Desert Highlands Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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1081 Kathleen Ave,
Kingman AZ 86401

60.58% estimated occupancy 1

Desert Highlands Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in Kingman, Arizona. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this is likely a solid facility. Based on our ratings, this place has some redeeming qualities. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. short-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
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

We would like to note that this facility's short-term care rating outpaced its overall grade. This facility earned a B+ in this category, which is a strong grade. Our short-term care grades are important for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

This nursing home's second best category is inspections. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite insignificant. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. There are many factors within this category. Most of the datapoints relate to staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Moving on to the last area, this facility received a respectable long-term care score of C. In computing our long-term care scores, we analyze the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, 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.

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

Desert Highlands Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 14.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 2.93% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 0.91% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 7.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 2.18% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 3.98% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 98.43% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 19.63% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 25.7% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 25.7% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 16.9% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Desert Highlands Care Center, 71.97% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Kingman Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.56 miles away3269 Stockton Hill Road Kingman Arizona 86409Government - Hospital District or Authority(928) 757-2101

Nearby Dialysis

  • Kingman Dialysis Clinic (Fmc)0.94 miles away1721 Airway Ave Kingman Arizona 86409CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (928) 681-2342

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=035169