Mount Hope Nursing Center is a small non-profit nursing home located in Mount Hope, Kansas. Sporting an overall rating of D, this is a lower end facility. Based on our ratings, this nursing home may not be the best fit for most people. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Mount Hope Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Adult Day Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Mount Hope Nursing Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a grade of B- for inspections. This score is more respectable than this place's overall score. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Sadly, this facility was hit with a category L deficiency, which is unexpected given its inspection score. These are the worst type of deficiencies. This category of deficiency indicates inspectors identified a widespread deficiency placing resident health or safety in imminent danger. Any serious deficiency is a major concern. In addition to having severe deficiencies, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. There are many factors within this grade. Most of these criteria relate to staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared well in this area. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning residents more often.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's third highest category ended up being its short-term care grade, where it received a B-. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at was long-term care. For this category, we gave this facility a grade of B-. In computing these long-term care ratings, we look at the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility gave the vaccine to 98.9899 percent of its residents, which is a very solid total. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mount Hope Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 7.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 5.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 3.56% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents who have suffered from a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 17.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 22.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 5.98% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 91.04% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 16.84% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 19.61% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mount Hope Nursing Center, 19.61 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Ascension via Christi Hospital St. Teresa, Inc.Acute Care Hospitals 12.64 miles away14800 West St Teresa Wichita Kansas 67235Voluntary non-profit - Church(316) 796-7800
- Hutchinson Regional Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 19.35 miles away1701 E 23rd Avenue Hutchinson Kansas 67502Proprietary(620) 665-2001
Nearby Dialysis
- Maize Dialysis Center13.36 miles away10001 Grady Avenue Maize Kansas 67101CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (316) 773-1400
- Renal Care Group - Wichita West16.99 miles away750 N Socora Ste 500 Wichita Kansas 67212Dialysis Stations: 12 (316) 729-5321
- Dialysis Center of Hutchinson19.26 miles away1901 N Waldron Hutchinson Kansas 67502CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (620) 728-0440