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Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home

Updated Jan 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center's website

402 S Avenue,
Highland KS 66035

(785) 442-3217

Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is a small nursing home located in Highland, Kansas. Sporting an overall score of B+, this looks like a very good facility. You could certainly do much worse than this nursing home. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card was its long-term care score. We discuss long-term care in the next section

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Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Pain Management
Optometry
Colostomy Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Long-term Care Quality

On top of receiving a favorable overall grade, this facility also earned a strong long-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Another one of this nursing home's quality category scores came in the area of short-term care. We gave them one of our better scores in that category, with a score of B+. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is often a solid assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we considered the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

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Nurse Quality

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing category analyzes quite a few datapoints, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Turning to the last category we assessed, this facility received a good score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we gave it a B for that category. This nursing home didn't have any major weaknesses. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home received 4 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.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 6.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 6% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This measures the percentage of long-term patients which suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 33.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 23.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 4.55% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 91.73% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 27.91% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 28.51% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Many would argue that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 28.51% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 19.19% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Highland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 58.74% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

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