Westchester Village of Lenexa is in Lenexa, Kansas. This facility is among the highest-graded nursing homes we found. A grade of this caliber requires superb marks across the board. In fact, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the top 100 facilities in Kansas. This is an impressive feat in a state with a long list of elite nursing homes. This nursing home was also given strong scores in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Westchester Village of Lenexa
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 94 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection ratings are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspections. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. In calculating our nursing ratings, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Kansas in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning a patient more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final area, this facility also performed well in the short-term care category. We gave it a grade of B+ in that area. This topped off a first-rate profile. Short-term care grades are generally used to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to have good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westchester Village of Lenexa Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 7.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 5.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered a fall resulting in serious 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
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 3.56% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 17.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 22.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 5.98% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 91.04% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 16.84% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 19.61% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 19.61 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 10.57 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Westchester Village of Lenexa, 74.57% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Overland Park Reg Med CtrAcute Care Hospitals 2.72 miles away10500 Quivira Road Lenexa Kansas 66215Proprietary(913) 541-5000
- Adventhealth Shawnee MissionAcute Care Hospitals 3.07 miles away9100 W 74th Street Overland Park Kansas 66204Voluntary non-profit - Church(913) 676-2152
- Saint Luke's South HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.2 miles away12300 Metcalf Avenue Overland Park Kansas 66213Voluntary non-profit - Other(913) 317-7904
- Menorah Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.46 miles away5721 West 119th Street Leawood Kansas 66209Voluntary non-profit - Other(913) 498-6773
- St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.85 miles away1000 Carondelet Dr Kansas City Missouri 64114Proprietary(816) 942-4400
- University of Kansas HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.14 miles away4000 Cambridge Street Kansas City Kansas 66160Government - Hospital District or Authority(913) 588-7332
- Olathe Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.37 miles away20333 West 151st Street Olathe Kansas 66061Voluntary non-profit - Private(913) 791-4200
- St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityAcute Care Hospitals 9.58 miles away4401 Wornall Road Kansas City Missouri 64111Voluntary non-profit - Private(816) 932-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Lenexa Dialysis1 miles away8630 Halsey Lenexa Kansas 66215CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (913) 894-1100
- Fkc - Lenexa1.64 miles away13201 W 98th St Lenexa Kansas 66215Dialysis Stations: 13 (913) 492-4571
- Johnson County Dialysis1.9 miles away10453 W 84th Terrace Overland Park Kansas 66214CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (913) 492-2044
- Davita Overland Park Dialysis3.18 miles away12201 W 110th St Overland Park Kansas 66210Dialysis Stations: 16 (913) 451-5984
- Concerto Kansas, LLC3.89 miles away6740 W 121st St Suite 100 Leawood Kansas 66209Dialysis Stations: 1 (913) 283-8063
- Bio-Medical Applications of Leawood6 miles away6751 W 119th St Leawood Kansas 66209Dialysis Stations: 18 (913) 491-6341
- Davita Nottingham Dialysis6.17 miles away14010 W 134th Pl Olathe Kansas 66062Dialysis Stations: 12 (913) 764-0358
- Nall Dialysis6.95 miles away10787 Nall Ave #130 Leawood Kansas 66211Dialysis Stations: 15 (913) 649-2671