Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.

Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

See Rating Overview

Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu's website

200 S Main Street,
Russell KS 67665

(785) 483-3131

74.78% estimated occupancy ¹

Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu is a facility located in Russell, Kansas. The city has a total of 5,162 people. This facility received an A- overall, which is one of our higher scores. We flat out can not say enough favorable things about this nursing home. If you look further down this page, you will see this facility's category grades, which are equally impressive as its overall rating.

Get pricing and details on Russell senior living options.

Get Pricing

Quick Details

No Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Blood Administration
Aquatic Therapy

Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Russell, Kansas Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Russell, Kansas Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)

Less:

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Contributing to its strong resume, this facility also was given a dominant long-term care grade, with a grade of A-. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 90.789474 percent of its residents. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Does this page answer your questions about Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu?

Short-term Care Quality

Turning our third category, we awarded this facility a grade of A- for its short-term care grade. This is a superb grade. Short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

In the final category, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent nursing rating, with a grade of A-. This completed a very strong profile. Our nursing rating assesses several data points, however, the main one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This nursing home was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, 19.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, 3.95% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who had falls which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, 6.76% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. More frequent bathing limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, 17.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, 39.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, 1.45% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, 95.39% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, 29.23% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, 17.37% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.