Life Care Center of Andover
621 W 21st, PO Box 100, Andover KS 67002 · (316) 733-1349 · 49.41% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Life Care Center of Andover is a large facility in Andover, Kansas. This nursing home was given an overall grade of F. This nursing home is about as bad as it gets. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 154 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable short-term care rating this year. We gave it a B- in that area, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we found for this nursing home. Our short-term care scores are believed to be more meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home improved its score in this area by offering more physical therapy hours to its patients than the average nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This place performed decently in this area, with 48.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an B-. There are a number of criteria within this category. Many of the criteria reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second least favorable category is long-term care, where it earned just a D in that category. This is a relatively poor score. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 94.17808 percent of its residents. Unfortunately, its hospitalization rate was far less favorable. We found that this place had 2.6 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an alarming rate.
Facility Inspections
In our final area of inspections, this facility received an F in this area. For facilities with bad inspection grades, you should scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular facility had one category J or K deficiency, which are among the worst deficiencies. Lastly, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received large government fines in recent years amounting to more than $100,000. This usually suggests that a facility's bad track record has been an issue for several years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Andover Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better