Via Christi Village Mclean

Via Christi Village Mclean turns out to be one of many nursing home options to select from in Wichita, Kansas. We awarded this facility world class overall score of A-. Consequently, it is ranked among the highest graded facilities in Wichita. This is an impressive accomplishment since the city offers some quality nursing homes. We really can not say enough favorable things about this nursing home. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.

We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them a grade of A+ in this area. Short-term care grades are crucial for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Remarkably, this facility provides approximately one and a half times as many hours of services from physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually an encouraging sign. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Kansas in this area with 65 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, at most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This was one of the better totals we found. In addition, we found that a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. 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 look at these metrics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

The next area we assessed is this facility's poorest category. However, even in its weakest link we still awarded it an acceptable grade of B- in long-term care. Long-term care grades are generally used to grade a nursing home's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. In addition to looking at the high quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were pleased by the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive total. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.68 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.