Located in Mcpherson, Kansas, Mcpherson Health and Rehab is one of just a couple available facilities in this city. This nursing home turns out to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. At the end of the day, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Mcpherson Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing grade. The nursing rating weighs a handful of components, but the paramount consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an impressive long-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average score of B in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.29078 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was short-term care, where this facility was given a B-. Although this turned out to be its worst category rating, this is nevertheless not a terrible score. Short-term care grades are generally employed to score a facility's rehabilitation services. To have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mcpherson Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 2.75% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term stay patients that have pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 1.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 4.38% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 24.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 26.98% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 34.56% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 98.38% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 13.22% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 11.33% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 11.33% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 19.01% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mcpherson Health and Rehab, 68.19% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mcpherson Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 0.92 miles away1000 Hospital Drive Mcpherson Kansas 67460Voluntary non-profit - Private(620) 241-2250
- Lindsborg Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 12.58 miles away605 W Lincoln Street Lindsborg Kansas 67456Voluntary non-profit - Private(785) 227-3308
- Mercy Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 15.21 miles away218 E Pack Street Moundridge Kansas 67107Voluntary non-profit - Church(620) 345-6391