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Hutchinson Operator

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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2301 N Severance Street,
Hutchinson KS 67502

(620) 662-0597

92.66% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Hutchinson Operator has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Hutchinson Operator is a small nursing home in Hutchinson, Kansas. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel overall grade based on the data we assessed. Based on our ratings, this place is not a good fit for any prospective resident. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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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
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection scores are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home also didn't grade out terribly in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we gave it a grade of B- in that area, which happens to be another one of its better grades. In determining our short-term care ratings, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is generally a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.

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Nurse Quality

We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Our nursing grade focuses on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of skill of the nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a low total compared to most facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

The final category we rated is long-term care. This facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that category. Nursing homes that don't fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We discovered that this facility vaccinated only 82.14286 percent of its patients, which is somewhat concerning. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Hutchinson Operator Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Hutchinson Operator, 16.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This measures the percentage of long-term residents that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Hutchinson Operator, 5.71% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Hutchinson Operator, 1.49% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care residents which experienced a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Hutchinson Operator, 13.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Hutchinson Operator, 18.52% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term care residents that are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Hutchinson Operator, 14.18% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Hutchinson Operator, 67.05% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Hutchinson Operator, 10.45% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Hutchinson Operator, 11.53% of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is vital to patients well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Hutchinson Operator, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Hutchinson Operator, 11.53% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Hutchinson Operator, 7.65% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Hutchinson Operator, 83.76% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.