Prairie Sunset Home

One of the reasons this place is a strong facility is that it received a very impressive inspection score. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category. In this area, we awarded it an A. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Another one of this nursing home's above average category grades came in the area of long-term care. We awarded them one of our higher scores in that category, with a score of B+. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After we finished assessing the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 63.448277 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. We assessed the levels of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in calculating our rating in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Moving on to the last category, this nursing home was awarded a respectable short-term care rating. While this was not as dominant as several of its other category grades, this is truly nothing to be ashamed of. Our short-term care scores are thought to be more meaningful for individuals requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.