Diversicare of Larned

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is based on the nursing home's recent inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our best grades. Inspection scores are based on several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This nursing home fared well in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a score of A- for that area, which turns out to be one of our most elite grades. Short-term care scores are critical for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing. This means a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Among this facility's other strengths is its elite nursing grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A-. We analyzed the levels of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our rating in this category. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Kansas in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of turning residents even once per day.

The next category we scored is long-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of C. Although this wound up being its poorest category score, this is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. Our long-term care ratings are essential for individuals requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 97.81421 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.