Gregory Ridge Health Care Center
7001 Cleveland Avenue, Kansas City MO 64132 · (816) 333-0700 · 96.03% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Gregory Ridge Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Kansas City, Missouri. With a terrible overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. Fortunately, if you aren't satisfied with this facility, there are 32 nursing homes to choose from in the city so you should be able to find a better option. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss long-term care in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 116 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
While this facility's overall grade was horrible, it actually didn't perform quite as poorly in long-term care. We gave it a B- for that category, which isn't bad. This was not enough to salvage its otherwise poor profile. Long-term care grades assess a facility's assistance with daily living instead of the skilled nursing or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility provided the vaccine to 97.940506 percent of its residents, which is a very solid percentage. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.66 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This place earned a D in the area of inspections. Sadly, this was its second best score. One of the most significant factors in evaluating inspection reports is deficiencies. We recommend you scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. Our nursing score considers a variety of subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility averaged a meager 2.7 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. Unfortunately, this nursing home also had abysmal marks in several of the quality-based metrics to pair with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than double the national average in this metric.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the last area, this nursing home did not perform very well here either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in short-term care, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. Short-term care grades are commonly used to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Given its abysmal grade in this category, we weren't shocked to find this facility provides far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 15.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gregory Ridge Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better