Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community
4851 Harvard Road, Lawrence KS 66049 · (785) 749-2000 · 79.34% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community is an average-sized facility located in Lawrence, Kansas. This nursing home proved to be an A+ rated facility, which is our most impressive rating. Based on our analysis, this place is really as good as it gets. Headlining this place's stellar profile is its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 76 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection ratings 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. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to point out the fact that this facility fared very well in our short-term care rating. We gave them a dominant score of A+ in this category. Our short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. This facility provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a very favorable sign. The last metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Kansas in this area with 65.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received a high-end score of A in our long-term care area. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 93.51351 percent of its residents. This nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.56 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
In the final category, we awarded this facility an A+ for its nursing score. This wrapped up an elite profile. When calculating our nursing scores, we assess both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning residents more frequently.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better