The Bishop Spencer Place
4301 Madison Avenue, Kansas City MO 64111 · (816) 931-4277 · 82.8% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Bishop Spencer Place is located in Kansas City, Missouri, which appears to have more than 20 nursing homes. Sporting an overall score of A+, this nursing home is ranked among the highest-rated nursing homes we looked at. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it as one of the top 500 facilities in the nation. One of the major highlights of this facility's remarkable report card is its long-term care grade. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 57 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also fared well in long-term care, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of very favorable nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination record is top notch as well. Indeed, it vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this facility had 2.11 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received an A+ short-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to be given multiple A+ category grades. Our short-term care ratings are presumably more critical for residents needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This facility excelled at the highest level in two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than a typical nursing home. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Missouri in this area with 57.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
Continuing with its first-class performance, this facility also received an A+ inspection grade. This grade is based on its recent government inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. This place was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
In the last area we looked at, this nursing home received impressive marks in the category of nursing as well. Consequently, it was given an A+. This made it one of the few of facilities who received A+'s in all four categories. When computing a facility's nursing score, we weigh the number of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided 5.6 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is among the better figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We are very impressed by both of these statistics. In addition to looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as good measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Bishop Spencer Place Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better