Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu
200 S Main Street, Russell KS 67665 · (785) 483-3131 · 94.34% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu is a very-small hospital-based nursing home located in Russell, Kansas. Featuring an overall rating of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. You could definitely do much worse than this facility. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 23 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Facility Inspections
To pair with a favorable overall score, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspection category. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other strengths is its first-rate long-term care grade. It received one of our more impressive scores in that area, with a grade of A-. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 97.70115 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.42 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our more positive scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care scores are probably more critical for residents needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. It does not appear that this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we scored is nursing. We gave this nursing home an acceptable grade in this category, with a grade of B-. While this wasn't on par with many of its other scores, it is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the amount of time nurses spend with patients as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This facility provides only 0 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below the national average. Finally, our nursing scores also consider some quality-focused metrics. We look at the percent of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these metrics are decent measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these issues.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better