Swope Ridge Geriatric Center
5900 Swope Parkway, Kansas City MO 64130 · (816) 333-2700 · 35.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Swope Ridge Geriatric Center is in Kansas City, Missouri. This city is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the country with has a population of 545,147 people. This nursing home was given an extremely poor overall rating based on the data we assessed. We ranked this as one of the bottom five rated nursing homes in Kansas City. In a city with more than 30 other nursing homes, you will probably be able to find an alternative. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 240 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of C for our long-term care rating. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 96.11941 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, this place's hospitalization rate was less favorable. We found that this place had 2.43 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
Sadly, this facility's second best category was inspections, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. One of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We recommend you scrutinize the level of severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they caused a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 6 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Nurse Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. Our nursing grade focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This facility provided just 2.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home was above average in two of the metrics we considered, with solid scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are often good indicators of the quality of nursing care available.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is short-term care, where this facility was given a poor score in this category as well. Sadly, it received an F in this category, which is definitely a major disappointment. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this facility provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average nursing home. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 25.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics doomed this nursing home's short-term care score.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Swope Ridge Geriatric Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who were given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 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 care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better