Life Care Center of Wichita
622 N Edgemoor Street, Wichita KS 67208 · (316) 686-5100 · 94.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Life Care Center of Wichita is an average-sized nursing home located in Wichita, Kansas. We gave this facility an F, which is just about as bad as it gets in our grading scheme. This facility does not seem to have any redeeming qualities. Even though this nursing home was awarded one reasonable category score in short-term care, which you can find more information about below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
Even though we gave this nursing home a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for short-term care. With our short-term care category, we strive to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. We were pleased to find that this facility employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared well in this area with 56.8 percent of its patients returning home. This proved to be a big boost to its grade in this category.
Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. Our nursing score is largely tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This facility averaged just 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Unfortunately, this nursing home also had abysmal scores in several of the quality-based measures to pair with its weak nursing hours. For starters, we looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers. This facility was at more than double the national average in this statistic. This is quite concerning when you consider that so many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the nursing home's fate of earning a poor nursing rating.
Facility Inspections
Among this facility's alarming category grades was an F for its inspection score. More often than not, this indicates we found some red flags on the nursing home's government inspections. For facilities that received this poor of an inspection score, we would scrutinize the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 29 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed is long-term care. We gave it a lowly F in this area, which is a rock bottom grade. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes offer. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to only 76.32312 percent of its patients. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.33 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is also a cause for concern.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Wichita Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit 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 tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better