Ranch House Senior Living

With an address in Garden City, Kansas, Ranch House Senior Living is the sole nursing home we identified in this city. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the best grades we offer. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category ratings. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received a very strong nursing rating. This proved to be its best category. In this category, we awarded this nursing home an A. The nursing score consists of quite a few subcategories, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the highest totals of nursing hours we were able to find. On top of providing impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, it performed as well as any nursing home in the state in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We look at these statistics as good measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided.

Compounding its first-rate performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for its long-term care score. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. This facility is off the charts in this area.

Compounding its fine assessment, this facility also was given a strong short-term care grade, with a grade of A. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. This nursing home excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than a typical nursing home. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

For the final category we looked at, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it earned a grade of B+. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we have deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.