Stanton County Health Care Facility Ltcu
404 N Chestnut PO Box 779, Johnson KS 67855 · (620) 492-6250 · 91.2% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Johnson, Kansas, Stanton County Health Care Facility Ltcu is the lone nursing home located in the city. Featuring an overall score of A+, this nursing home is ranked among the highest-graded nursing homes we found. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the United States. Headlining this facility's remarkable report card is its nursing score, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 25 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility excelled in our nursing grade. We gave them an A+ in this category. In calculating our nursing grades, we weigh both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This place provides an impressive 5 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is among the highest totals in the country. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it fared as well as any nursing home the state in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care offered.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was superb in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A. Not many nursing homes fared better in this area. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.51163 percent of its patients, which is better than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.83 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
We gave this facility an A- for inspections. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our next category, this nursing home was given a very strong short-term care rating. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in this category, completing one of our finer report cards. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is more often than not a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. 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. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Stanton County Health Care Facility Ltcu Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have experienced urinary tract infections. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of patients who 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 patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better