Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
1560 K 96 Hwy,
Great Bend KS 67530
124% estimated occupancy 1
Great Bend Health & Rehab Center is a small government-owned facility in Great Bend, Kansas. With an overall grade of B-, this is likely a solid facility. As far as we can see, this nursing home is a good fit for most people. The best part of this place's report card was is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
While this nursing home received a decent overall score, its inspections grade is notably better than its overall grade. Due to a strong government inspection report this year, it received a strong score in that category with a grade of B+. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Another one of this facility's more impressive category scores came in the area of short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a B+. It actually outpaced most facilities in this area. In determining these short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Another reason we rated this facility so highly is that it earned an A+ nursing grade. Our nursing score focuses on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of skill of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This facility offers 3.7 hours of nursing care per patient daily, of which more than an hour of those were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly skilled levels of nurses. In determining our nursing ratings, we attach more weight to hours provided by registered nurses. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Turning to our final area, we gave this facility a D in our long-term care category. This was the facility's weakest category grade. Sadly, this category hurt the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated a relatively low 83.76069 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.53 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 7.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 5.13% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients that have sustained falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 3.69% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 16.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 21.94% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 5.8% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 92.32% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 17% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 21.37% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 21.37 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 10.77 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
In Great Bend Health & Rehab Center, 74.66% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
