Kansas Veterans Home

Kansas Veterans Home is located in Winfield, Kansas. With an overall score of B, this looks like a good option. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Winfield. We were also pleased to find that this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this facility performed well in our nursing category. We awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. The nursing score considers many datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This place provides an incredible 5.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is much better than what is offered by most facilities. Lastly, we also looked at nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

In addition, this facility also received excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. This place received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

The next category we assessed was long-term care. This facility was awarded a very positive long-term care score, with a B+ in this category. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 94.565216 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a life or death health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. The last datapoint we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 1.97 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is middle of the pack in this area.

The next category we looked at is short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of C in this category. Our short-term care grade is generally used to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The final metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 16.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.