Westy Community Care Home
105 N Highway 99, Westmoreland KS 66549 · (785) 457-2801 · 74.88% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Westy Community Care Home is located in Westmoreland, Kansas, a city with a population of 1,646 people. Sporting an overall score of D, this is a well below average nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Westmoreland. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive nursing score. You can scroll down to learn more about nursing and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 43 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While this nursing home's overall score was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in nursing. We awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing grades are tied to nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides high levels of nursing care, averaging 3.9 hours per resident per day. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes provide. Lastly, we also factored some quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This nursing home was on the weaker side in two of the major metrics we assess, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are typically reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care available.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received a positive score in our short-term care category. We gave this nursing home a better than average grade of B in that category. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 24.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent grade in the area of long-term care, with a C. In our long-term care rating, we weigh the volume of care offered by a nursing home, as well as some quality datapoints. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.24561 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.51 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
In our final category of inspections, this facility received a horrible grade. When a nursing home has this bad of an inspection score, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This particular facility had 5 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this place received large government fines of more than $50,000. This typically signifies that inspectors became fed up after multiple years of bad government inspections.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westy Community Care Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients who had falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better