Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center

Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility located in Salina, Kansas. This is a well below average nursing home, with an overall grade of D. Based on our ratings, this place may not be a great fit for most people. The only positive thing we can really say about this facility is that it did not receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. More information about its category grades is available below.

While we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it a respectable grade of B+ in this category, which was much better than its overall grade. Inspection scores account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid nursing homes with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

We also awarded this nursing home a respectable score in the category of long-term care, with a grade of B-. Our long-term care grades are more meaningful for individuals in need of more conventional assistance related to personal care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 93.30986 percent of its patients, which is a bit less than we anticipated. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.28 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. The nursing rating weighs a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provided just 3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

Switching gears to the fourth category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D for our short-term care category. This was the nursing home's weakest category grade. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Based on its weak score in this area, we weren't shocked to discover this place provided far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 45.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was below average.