Pinnacle Park Nursing & Rehab Center
2936 Georgia Avenue, Salina KS 67401 · (785) 825-6954 · 94.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Salina, Kansas, Pinnacle Park Nursing & Rehab Center is one of six available facilities in the area. Featuring an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. Keep in mind that Salina received a city grade of C, so should consider other options in the city as well. Lastly, this facility had an ownership change in the last year. Hopefully, new ownership is able to elevate its quality standards.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it actually earned a relatively impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our more favorable scores in that area with a B+. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with too many severe deficiencies flagged. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the area of long-term care, this nursing home was given just a D in that area. Sadly, this ended up being one of its better grades. For residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.5098 percent of its residents. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 2.13 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is not nearly as favorable than its vaccination record.
Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this nursing home only received a grade of D for its short-term care score, which is not a very good score. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is typically a solid assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Given its grade in this area, we weren't surprised to discover that this nursing home is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 37.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics doomed this facility's short-term care score.
Nurse Quality
The next category we looked at is nursing, which proved to be this facility's weakest category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we weigh the amount of time nurses are caring for residents and the level of licensure of those nurses. With a meager 2.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were significantly below average. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this nursing home also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pinnacle Park Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric 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 indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better