Logan County Senior Living

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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615 Price Ave,
Oakley KS 67748

(785) 672-8109

91% estimated occupancy ¹

Logan County Senior Living is a small non-profit facility located in Oakley, Kansas. After receiving an A overall grade, this facility has the distinction of being one of the 100 best facilities in Kansas. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of high-end nursing homes. This is just about as good of a place as you'll find. If you scroll down, you can see this facility's category scores, which are also impressive.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation

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Facility Inspections

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection score. This is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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 area, we awarded this nursing home an A. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning a resident even once per day.

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Long-term Care Quality

We also want to alert you to the fact that this facility received a superb grade of A- in our long-term care area. For residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 76.237625 percent of its residents. This is a bit below what we expected. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

In the last category, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for our short-term care rating. This rounded out a very favorable profile. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is considered to be a fair measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Logan County Senior Living Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Logan County Senior Living, 7.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Logan County Senior Living, 5.14% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Logan County Senior Living, 3.56% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who experienced UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Logan County Senior Living, 17.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Logan County Senior Living, 22.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Logan County Senior Living, 5.98% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Logan County Senior Living, 91.04% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Logan County Senior Living, 16.84% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Logan County Senior Living, 19.61% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Logan County Senior Living, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.