Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center is a small hospital-based nursing home in Beloit, Kansas. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires above average scores in most areas. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the country. This nursing home also received consistently good grades in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: B-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
One of the reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is that it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
This facility fared well in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our most elite grades. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
This nursing home was given a strong short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B+. Our short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. It doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Grade: B
The last area we looked at is nursing, in which we gave it an above average grade of B. This nursing home truly didn't have any weak areas. The nursing rating is based on several components, however, the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as good indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B-minus
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 9.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: D
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 5.41% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who had falls leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: F
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 9.91% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: C
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 18.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: F
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 34.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: D
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 20.95% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may indicate a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 100% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 18% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: C
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 9.17% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems - Resident Care Center, 9.17% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mitchell County Hospital Health SystemsCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away400 W 8th Street, P O Box 399 Beloit Kansas 67420Government - Local(785) 738-2266
