Prairie Sunset Home

Prairie Sunset Home is in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. The city has 1,338 people. This is a decent facility, with an overall grade of B-. This facility seems to have a few things going for it. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its impeccable inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of A-. This is a notably better score than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an B in the area of nursing. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility boasts a really impressive 5.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. On top of looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

This facilities next most favorable category was short-term care. We gave it a B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this area. Our short-term care scores are likely most important for residents needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 40.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

The last area we scored is long-term care. For that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. In the category of long-term care, we focus on the quantity of care offered by a nursing home, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 92.46575 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is a bit less than we expected but still a decent figure. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.75 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this place is also slightly below average.