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Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center's website

2112 Highway 36,
Wathena KS 66090

(785) 989-3141

66.83% estimated occupancy 1

Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Wathena, Kansas, which has a population of 2,520 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires respectable marks in most areas. At the end of the day, this nursing home looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. Fortunately, this facility did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

One of the reasons this place is a strong facility is that it earned a very impressive inspection rating. In fact, inspections is its best category grade. In that category, we gave it an A-. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home was awarded an impressive short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B+. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To offer high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This facility also was awarded an impressive long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average score of B in this category. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 93.548386 percent of its patients, which is a bit lower than we were hoping for. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

Turning to our last category, this nursing home was given a respectable nursing score of C. In determining our nursing grades, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, our nursing ratings also consider some quality-focused metrics. We look at the percentage of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these data points are decent measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care can reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 6.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 8.39% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that have experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 6.3% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 9.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 18.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 94.07% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 16.94% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 17.54% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 17.54% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 1.66% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 68.84% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

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Nearby Dialysis

  • Robidoux Dialysis5.63 miles away802 Jules St Saint Joseph Missouri 64501Dialysis Stations: 16 (816) 233-3340
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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=175216