Fowler Residential Care

Fowler Residential Care is located in Fowler, Kansas. The city has 894 people. With an overall score of A+, this facility is one of the most impressive nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top five percentile of all facilities in the country. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable profile is its nursing score, which is addressed in the next section.

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. Nursing ratings are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This place provided 5.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is among the highest figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We are really impressed by these figures. On top of providing high levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, it performed as well as any nursing home in the nation in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We view these metrics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided.

This exemplary nursing home also performed well in the area of long-term care, where it received a score of A+. Very few facilities fared better in this area. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After looking at the significant amount of nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

In the final area, we gave this facility an A+ for our short-term care grade. This rounded out a first-rate profile. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This category is generally a solid assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. When we assessed this place's nursing hours, we found it provided significantly more care from registered nurses than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.