Located in Frankfort, Kansas, Frankfort Community Care Home is the sole option we were able to find in this city. This turns out to be a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category ratings, which are also impressive. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
Frankfort Community Care Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home performed well in long-term care. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 70 percent of its residents. This is somewhat below what we were hoping for but still a decent figure. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive grades, we gave this nursing home an A- for inspections. Our inspection grades are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored was short-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of B. This nursing home proved to be relatively strong in each category we looked at. In our short-term care category, we endeavor to forge a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Frankfort Community Care Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 7.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 5.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 3.56% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which have suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 17.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 22.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 5.98% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 91.04% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 16.84% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 19.61% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Frankfort Community Care Home, 19.61 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Community Memorial Healthcare, IncCritical Access Hospitals 15.45 miles away708 N 18th Street Marysville Kansas 66508Voluntary non-profit - Private(785) 562-2311
- Community Hospital, Onaga and St Marys CampusCritical Access Hospitals 19.35 miles away120 West 8th Street Onaga Kansas 66521Government - Hospital District or Authority(785) 889-4272
- Nemaha Valley Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.95 miles away1600 Community Dr Seneca Kansas 66538Voluntary non-profit - Private(785) 336-6181
Nearby Dialysis
- Flint Hills Dialysis of Marysville15.63 miles away708 N 18th St South Plaza Marysville Kansas 66508Dialysis Stations: 6 (785) 562-4483