Hillside Village of De Soto is a small facility in De Soto, Kansas. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this facility has the distinction of being one of the 25 best nursing homes in Kansas. We could not find many bad things to say about this facility. Its grades are just impeccable. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.
Hillside Village of De Soto
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this very important area. Our inspection grades are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
An additional reason we graded this nursing home so highly is that it was awarded an A+ long-term care score. This is just about as dominant as it gets in this category. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.181816 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final area, we gave this nursing home an A+ for its short-term care score. This wrapped up a very strong profile. Short-term care grades are often employed to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hillside Village of De Soto Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 7.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 5.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who have sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 3.56% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 17.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 22.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 5.98% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 91.04% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 16.84% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 19.61% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hillside Village of De Soto, 19.61 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Nearby Hospitals
- Olathe Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.64 miles away20333 West 151st Street Olathe Kansas 66061Voluntary non-profit - Private(913) 791-4200
- Overland Park Reg Med CtrAcute Care Hospitals 13.78 miles away10500 Quivira Road Lenexa Kansas 66215Proprietary(913) 541-5000
- Lawrence Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.62 miles away325 Maine Street Lawrence Kansas 66044Government - Local(785) 505-6100
- Providence Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.73 miles away8929 Parallel Parkway Kansas City Kansas 66112Voluntary non-profit - Church(913) 596-4000
- Adventhealth Shawnee MissionAcute Care Hospitals 15.32 miles away9100 W 74th Street Overland Park Kansas 66204Voluntary non-profit - Church(913) 676-2152
- Saint Luke's South HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.22 miles away12300 Metcalf Avenue Overland Park Kansas 66213Voluntary non-profit - Other(913) 317-7904
- Menorah Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.94 miles away5721 West 119th Street Leawood Kansas 66209Voluntary non-profit - Other(913) 498-6773
Nearby Dialysis
- Olathe Dialysis11.12 miles away732 W Frontier Lane Olathe Kansas 66061CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (913) 390-4937
- Gardner Dialysis11.67 miles away328 E Main St Gardner Kansas 66030Dialysis Stations: 18 (913) 884-8488
- Fkc - Lenexa12.84 miles away13201 W 98th St Lenexa Kansas 66215Dialysis Stations: 13 (913) 492-4571
- Wyandotte West Dialysis13.25 miles away11014 Haskell Ave Kansas City Kansas 66109CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (913) 721-9780
- Lenexa Dialysis13.48 miles away8630 Halsey Lenexa Kansas 66215CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (913) 894-1100
- Davita Nottingham Dialysis13.69 miles away14010 W 134th Pl Olathe Kansas 66062Dialysis Stations: 12 (913) 764-0358
- Davita Overland Park Dialysis13.71 miles away12201 W 110th St Overland Park Kansas 66210Dialysis Stations: 16 (913) 451-5984
- Johnson County Dialysis14.45 miles away10453 W 84th Terrace Overland Park Kansas 66214CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (913) 492-2044