John Knox Village Care Center is located in Lees Summit, Missouri. The city has a total of 96,149 people. After receiving an A overall grade, this facility has the distinction of being one of the 50 best facilities in Missouri. This is just about as good of a facility as you're going to find. Headlining this facility's remarkable profile is its short-term care rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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John Knox Village Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
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Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ short-term care grade. Short-term care grades are typically employed to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Nursing grades are primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of turning a resident more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
This facility has earned near flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items 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.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our last area, this nursing home also excelled in the long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for this category. This finalized a first-rate report card. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 97.92285 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a dangerous condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
John Knox Village Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In John Knox Village Care Center, 9.2% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In John Knox Village Care Center, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients that have suffered a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In John Knox Village Care Center, 3.29% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In John Knox Village Care Center, 20.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In John Knox Village Care Center, 24.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In John Knox Village Care Center, 5.4% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In John Knox Village Care Center, 86.07% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In John Knox Village Care Center, 15.8% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In John Knox Village Care Center, 13.34% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In John Knox Village Care Center, 1.86 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In John Knox Village Care Center, 13.34 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In John Knox Village Care Center, 13.27 Percentage 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 John Knox Village Care Center, 71.67% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Saint Luke's East HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.18 miles away100 N E Saint Luke's Boulevard Lees Summit Missouri 64086Voluntary non-profit - Private(816) 347-5000
- Truman Medical Center LakewoodAcute Care Hospitals 3.64 miles away7900 Lee's Summit Rd Kansas City Missouri 64139Voluntary non-profit - Private(816) 404-7000
- Lee's Summit Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.58 miles away2100 Se Blue Parkway Lees Summit Missouri 64063Proprietary(816) 282-5000
- Centerpoint Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.22 miles away19600 East 39th Street Independence Missouri 64057Proprietary(816) 698-7000
- Research Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.71 miles away2316 E Meyer Blvd Kansas City Missouri 64132Proprietary(816) 276-4000
- St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.38 miles away1000 Carondelet Dr Kansas City Missouri 64114Proprietary(816) 942-4400
- St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.49 miles away201 Nw R D Mize Rd Blue Springs Missouri 64014Voluntary non-profit - Church(816) 228-5900
- St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityAcute Care Hospitals 12.71 miles away4401 Wornall Road Kansas City Missouri 64111Voluntary non-profit - Private(816) 932-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Dialysis Clinics, Inc - Lees Summit1 miles away219 Nw Executive Way Lees Summit Missouri 64063Dialysis Stations: 12 (816) 554-2711
- Isd - Lee's Summit Renal Center2.34 miles away100 Ne Missouri Rd Suite 100 Lees Summit Missouri 64086CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (816) 524-3312
- Lee's Summit Dialysis4.27 miles away1831 Se Blue Parkway Lees Summit Missouri 64063Dialysis Stations: 12 (816) 554-1950
- Fmc Dialysis Services of Raytown6.07 miles away11503 E 63rd St Kansas City Missouri 64133Dialysis Stations: 24 (816) 353-3080
- Grandview Dialysis7.05 miles away13812 S 71 Hwy Grandview Missouri 64030Dialysis Stations: 12 (816) 763-1179
- Davita Blue Ridge Dialysis7.13 miles away8608 E 63rd St Kansas City Missouri 64133Dialysis Stations: 20 (816) 353-6100
- Eastland Dialysis8.33 miles away19101 E Valley View Pkwy Ste E Independence Missouri 64055Dialysis Stations: 20 (816) 795-6018
- Fmc - Centerpoint8.95 miles away19401 E 37th Terrace Court South Suite 200 Independence Missouri 64057Dialysis Stations: 14 (816) 795-6559