Sheridan County Hospital Ltcu
826 18th Street, Box 167, Hoxie KS 67740 · (785) 675-3281 · 92.81% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Located in Hoxie, Kansas, Sheridan County Hospital Ltcu is the only option we identified in this area. We gave this facility an A+ overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percent of all facilities in the nation. We flat out can not say enough great things about this place. Headlining this place's stellar profile is its long-term care rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 32 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care category, where it received an impressive grade of A+. Few facilities fared better in this category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. In addition to really impressive nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination records was top notch also. Indeed, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.83 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this admittedly wasn't as strong as some of its other scores in this area, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating is largely associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 5 hours per patient each day. This is more nursing care than nearly any other nursing home offers. Finally, this facility also excelled in several of the quality measures we looked at. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Kansas in this category. This is usually an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and a protocol of turning patients even once per day.
Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we assessed, this nursing home was awarded an impressive grade grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this score, the nursing home rounded out a very impressive report card. Our short-term care grades are important for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sheridan County Hospital Ltcu Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients which had falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better