Ascension Living St. Joseph Place is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Leawood, Kansas. Sporting an overall score of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the nation. If you look further down this page, you will see this facility's category grades, which are also impressive.
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Ascension Living St. Joseph Place
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
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Facility Inspections
On top of earning a strong overall score, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest grades. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. 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 can be quite insignificant. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating is largely tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our higher grades in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final category, this facility received a strong long-term care rating. We gave it a grade of B+ in this area, completing one of our more impressive report cards. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 90.084984 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is a few points lower than we expected but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ascension Living St. Joseph Place Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 11.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 3.12% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 4.61% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 16.02% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 20.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 4.29% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 92.67% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 12.31% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 12.07% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 12.07% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 11.77% of Patients
This datapoint 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 Ascension Living St. Joseph Place, 77.1% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Menorah Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.32 miles away5721 West 119th Street Leawood Kansas 66209Voluntary non-profit - Other(913) 498-6773
- Saint Luke's South HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.3 miles away12300 Metcalf Avenue Overland Park Kansas 66213Voluntary non-profit - Other(913) 317-7904
- St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.64 miles away1000 Carondelet Dr Kansas City Missouri 64114Proprietary(816) 942-4400
- Overland Park Reg Med CtrAcute Care Hospitals 4.55 miles away10500 Quivira Road Lenexa Kansas 66215Proprietary(913) 541-5000
- Adventhealth Shawnee MissionAcute Care Hospitals 6.23 miles away9100 W 74th Street Overland Park Kansas 66204Voluntary non-profit - Church(913) 676-2152
- Research Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.04 miles away2316 E Meyer Blvd Kansas City Missouri 64132Proprietary(816) 276-4000
- St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityAcute Care Hospitals 9.71 miles away4401 Wornall Road Kansas City Missouri 64111Voluntary non-profit - Private(816) 932-2000
- University of Kansas HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.08 miles away4000 Cambridge Street Kansas City Kansas 66160Government - Hospital District or Authority(913) 588-7332
Nearby Dialysis
- Nall Dialysis0.61 miles away10787 Nall Ave #130 Leawood Kansas 66211Dialysis Stations: 15 (913) 649-2671
- Bio-Medical Applications of Leawood0.95 miles away6751 W 119th St Leawood Kansas 66209Dialysis Stations: 18 (913) 491-6341
- Dialysis Clinics, Inc - State Line Dialysis2.89 miles away621 Carondelet Dr Kansas City Missouri 64114Dialysis Stations: 8 (816) 942-3650
- Dialysis Clinics, Inc - Saint Joseph3 miles away650 Carondelet Dr Kansas City Missouri 64114CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 38 (816) 941-0595
- Timberlake Dialysis3.09 miles away12110 Holmes Rd Kansas City Missouri 64145Dialysis Stations: 12 (816) 942-3827
- Davita Overland Park Dialysis4.56 miles away12201 W 110th St Overland Park Kansas 66210Dialysis Stations: 16 (913) 451-5984
- Concerto Kansas, LLC5 miles away6740 W 121st St Suite 100 Leawood Kansas 66209Dialysis Stations: 1 (913) 283-8063
- Johnson County Dialysis5.45 miles away10453 W 84th Terrace Overland Park Kansas 66214CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (913) 492-2044