Kansas City Transitional Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Kansas City, Kansas. With an overall rating of C, this is a middle of the pack facility. This facility has some things going for it. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Kansas City Transitional Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Oncology Care
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Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category scores came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. It actually performed better than most facilities in this category. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more important for those in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
Another strength of this facility is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a score of D. In computing our nursing scores, we look at both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our last category, this facility did not perform very well. Due to a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is its weakest category. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 92.97297 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kansas City Transitional Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 20% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 2.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 2.76% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 5.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay patients that were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 13.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 20.83% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 87.81% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 8.82% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 16.6% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 16.6% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 9.97% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Kansas City Transitional Care Center, 88.99% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Kansas City, KS
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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Nearby Hospitals
- University of Kansas HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.22 miles away4000 Cambridge Street Kansas City Kansas 66160Government - Hospital District or Authority(913) 588-7332
- St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityAcute Care Hospitals 1.38 miles away4401 Wornall Road Kansas City Missouri 64111Voluntary non-profit - Private(816) 932-2000
- Childrens Mercy HospitalChildrens 2.53 miles away2401 Gillham Road Kansas City Missouri 64108Voluntary non-profit - Private(816) 234-3000
- Truman Medical Center Hospital HillAcute Care Hospitals 2.74 miles away2301 Holmes Street Kansas City Missouri 64108Voluntary non-profit - Private(816) 404-1000
- Research Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.46 miles away2316 E Meyer Blvd Kansas City Missouri 64132Proprietary(816) 276-4000
- Adventhealth Shawnee MissionAcute Care Hospitals 6.07 miles away9100 W 74th Street Overland Park Kansas 66204Voluntary non-profit - Church(913) 676-2152
- North Kansas City HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.25 miles away2800 Clay Edwards Drive Kansas City Missouri 64116Government - Local(816) 691-2000
- St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.46 miles away1000 Carondelet Dr Kansas City Missouri 64114Proprietary(816) 942-4400
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Mission Dialysis0.24 miles away2852 W 47th Ave Kansas City Kansas 66103Dialysis Stations: 12 (913) 403-1843
- Rai - Rainbow Blvd - Westwood0.98 miles away4720 Rainbow Blvd Suite 200 Mission Kansas 66205CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (913) 403-0441
- Davita - Westport Renal Center1.15 miles away3947 Broadway Blvd Kansas City Missouri 64111CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (816) 531-1181
- Penn Valley Dialysis Center2.02 miles away2502 Summit Kansas City Missouri 64108Dialysis Stations: 20 (816) 531-1118
- Childrens Mercy Hospital Dialysis2.55 miles away2401 Gillham Rd Kansas City Missouri 64108Dialysis Stations: 10 (816) 234-3100
- Home Dialysis Services Kc Midtown LLC3.14 miles away1728 Holmes St Kansas City Missouri 64108Dialysis Stations: 6 (816) 381-6167
- Kansas City Dialysis & Transplant Center4.45 miles away2340 E Meyer Blvd Building 1, Suite #100 Kansas City Missouri 64132CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (816) 444-2098
- Swope Dialysis4.54 miles away4407 East 50th Terrace Kansas City Missouri 64130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (816) 924-1201