Flint Hills Care Center

Flint Hills Care Center is a small nursing home located in Emporia, Kansas. This nursing home is a subpar facility. A score in this range indicates we found a few red flags. This place seems to have very little going for it. The only positive thing we can say about this nursing home is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.

While we were not high on this facility's overall performance, it did receive an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B+. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid facilities with a list of severe deficiencies flagged. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Nursing scores are primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Unfortunately, this nursing home only earned a grade of D for its long-term care grade, which is not one of our better scores. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means the facility didn't perform well in our measures relating to resident care. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated 88.111885 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is several points less than average. To our surprise, this place actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.62 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

The last category we graded was short-term care, is this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this area. In crafting these short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Based on its grade in this category, we weren't surprised to find that this nursing home was well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected here. Finally, we considered the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 39.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.