F W Huston Medical Center
408 Delaware Street, Winchester KS 66097 · (913) 774-4340 · 82.63% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
F W Huston Medical Center is a small hospital-based nursing home located in Winchester, Kansas. Our grading scheme was not favorable to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall score of F. This facility is about as bad as it gets. This facility's only redeeming quality is its inspection grade, which we provide more information about below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 38 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it actually earned a very impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with an A. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a list of deficiencies flagged. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility ended up receiving a an abysmal score in our short-term care area. It received a lowly F in this area. Short-term care scores are meaningful for people needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Given its poor grade in this area, we weren't shocked to learn this nursing home offers substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics doomed this nursing home's short-term care grade.
Long-term Care Quality
The third category we analyzed is long-term care. This facility's was given a low-end long-term care score where it received a lowly F. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.26087 percent of its patients, which is more than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.77 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the fourth category, this facility really didn't fare well in this area either. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in nursing, this is just about as bad as it gets. Our nursing grade weighs quite a few subcategories, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. With just 2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. On top of being below average in nursing hours per resident, this facility also had poor marks in the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in both of these data points. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. These statistics pulled down this facility's nursing grade quite a bit.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
F W Huston Medical Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better