Westchester Village of Lenexa
8505 Pflumm Road, Lenexa KS 66215 · (913) 307-2000 · 91.17% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Westchester Village of Lenexa is a small nursing home located in Lenexa, Kansas. This facility is ranked among the most impressive nursing homes we looked at. A grade of this caliber requires top-notch marks across the board. We really can not say enough great things about this place. Keep reading to see this facility's category grades, which are also impressive. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 34 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We gave them an A+ in this category. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is generally a reliable measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. It fared as well as just about any facility in Kansas with 64.5 percent of its residents returning home. At most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay patients return home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Our inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Nurse Quality
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. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This place boasts a really impressive 4.7 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we found at any facility. On top of providing impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of B. This actually was this nursing home's worst category. A facility is doing something right when it's weakest grade still outperforms most nursing homes. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 96.15385 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.07 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westchester Village of Lenexa Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better