The Healthcare Resort of Wichita is a nursing home in Wichita, Kansas which has a population of 409,656 people. We gave this nursing home world class overall rating of A-. Indeed, it turned out to be one of the ten best nursing homes in Wichita. You simply can not do much better than this place. Finally, we wanted to point out that there was an ownership change at this facility in the last 12 months. We will need to make sure it maintains its high grades going forward.
The Healthcare Resort of Wichita
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that The Healthcare Resort of Wichita has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is it received a very impressive grade in inspections. Inspections ended up being its best category. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. It does not appear that we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its strong performance in other areas, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 94.82758 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was short-term care. Adding to its high-end profile, this nursing home also excelled in this category. In fact, it received a grade of of A for the area. In our short-term care assessment, we strive to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
The final area we rated was nursing. In that area, we awarded this facility an acceptable grade of B-. This was this facility's worst area. In computing a facility's nursing rating, we consider the amount of time nurses are caring for patients and the level of skill of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is far below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care offered.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Healthcare Resort of Wichita Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 7.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 5.12% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who suffered a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 3.63% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 16.93% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients which were given antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 5.92% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 91.42% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 16.92% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 21.25% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Many argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 21.25 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 10.63 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Healthcare Resort of Wichita, 74.59% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Wichita, KS
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Dialysis
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