Larksfield Place is located in the large metropolitan area of Wichita, Kansas which has a total of 409,656 people. Sporting an overall score of A+, this facility is clearly a phenomenal facility. Even in a city with 20 other nursing homes, this nursing home stands out. This nursing home also received very consistent scores in each of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
Larksfield Place
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
2828 N. Governeour,
Wichita KS 67226
69.27% estimated occupancy 1
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we gave this facility an A+ for its short-term care score. In computing our short-term care scores, we size up the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is considered to be a reliable assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. This nursing home is the gold standard in terms of skilled nursing staffing. It offered approximately one and a half times as many registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy staffing, we found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in the country with 73.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This particular facility provided 5.5 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This was one of the better figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. In addition to providing high levels of care, this place also performed well in some of the quality measures we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided with better nursing care and a policy of regularly moving patients to avoid bed sores.
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Facility Inspections
We awarded this facility an A for inspections. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The fourth category we graded is long-term care, where this facility was given a B+. This finished off a very impressive profile. Only a select few nursing homes earned a B+ or better in in each area we assessed. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. This facility's vaccination statistics were not as strong as its nursing hours data. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 66.666664 percent of its patients. We'd love to see some improvement herein this statistic in the future. This nursing home was also able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.68 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Larksfield Place Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Larksfield Place, 7.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Larksfield Place, 5.13% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who experienced falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Larksfield Place, 3.69% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Larksfield Place, 16.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for treating a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Larksfield Place, 21.94% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Larksfield Place, 5.8% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Larksfield Place, 92.32% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Larksfield Place, 17% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Larksfield Place, 21.37% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Larksfield Place, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Larksfield Place, 21.37 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Larksfield Place, 10.77 Percentage 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 Larksfield Place, 74.66% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Wichita, KS
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Wesley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.69 miles away550 N Hillside Street Wichita Kansas 67214Proprietary(316) 962-2000
- Ascension via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Acute Care Hospitals 4.89 miles away929 North St Francis Street Wichita Kansas 67214Voluntary non-profit - Church(316) 268-5000
- Kansas Medical Center LLCAcute Care Hospitals 5.93 miles away1124 West 21st Street Andover Kansas 67002Proprietary(316) 300-4000
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