Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center is a senior living facility located in Eskridge, Kansas, which has 985 people. This nursing home turns out to be a middle of the road facility, with an overall grade of C. Based on our analysis, there are certainly far worse places out there. The best part of this facility's profile is is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second most favorable category is short-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this area. This is essentially a slightly below average score in this area. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. Our nursing grade includes several datapoints, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, our nursing scores also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the last category, this facility did not fare very well. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this was its weakest area. Nursing homes that don't fare well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. As it turns out, this facility gave the vaccine to only 87.2807 percent of its patients, which is somewhat concerning. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients which suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 3.95% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents that have sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 3.37% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who experienced a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 41.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating signs of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 89.79% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 19.64% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 13.11% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Eskridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, 13.11% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.